title: Adult onset ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: an unusual cause of semantic disorders.
abstract: Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTCD) is the most common urea cycle disorder. This condition usually presents in neonates or children. This report describes the clinical case of a 21 year old woman who was diagnosed in adulthood during the course of an unexplained coma. After recovery from the coma, she presented very unusual neuropsychological disorders involving memory and the meaning of certain words, suggesting a semantic deficit. The discovery of OTCD in adulthood is rare and the neuropsychological consequences may be unique.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, Hôpital Bretonneau, 37044 Tours, cedex, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rimbaux
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hommet
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perrier
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Cottier
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Legras
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Labarthe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lemarcis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Autret
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maillot
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020163:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase Deficiency Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon