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Abnormal liver function tests in a patient with myotonic dystrophy type 1
Maria Kalafateli
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, Christos Triantos*, Athanasios Tsamandas**, Gerasimos Kounadis*, Chryssoula Labropoulou-Karatza***
* Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece
** Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Patras, Greece
*** Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Patras, Greece
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As long as there is no disease-specific treatment available for Steinert&#8217;s disease&#44; the management of these patients depends on clinical presentation and symptoms&#46;</p><p id="p0010" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Abnormal results of liver function tests have been reported in this setting but the pathophysiological mechanism is still unknown&#46; We report on a patient who presented with elevated liver enzymes without indications of chronic liver disease&#44; months before the diagnosis of Steinert&#8217;s disease&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0015"><span class="elsevierStyleBold">Case Report</span></span><p id="p0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">A 49-year-old Caucasian female was seen at the outpatients-clinic because of abnormal liver function tests&#46; Apart from debilitation&#44; for a period of 3 months&#44; she had been asymptomatic&#46; She reported no alcohol consumption and she had given up smoking one month ago following a thirty years-smoking history&#46; She was receiving thyrormone &#40;T4&#41; as hormone replacement therapy &#40;partial thyroidectomy due to a thyroid nodule 4 years ago&#41; and medication &#40;risedronate&#44; alfacalcidol&#41; for osteoporosis&#46; She had also been operated twice for uterine fibromyomas 16 and 7 years ago&#44; whereas her family history was unremarkable&#46;</p><p id="p0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Clinical examination revealed a slim&#44; tall woman &#40;BMI 18&#44; 3 kg&#47;cm<span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span>&#41; without neurological findings or signs of chronic liver disease&#46; Laboratory tests performed showed&#58;</p><p id="p0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="li0005"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0005"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Alanine aminotransferase &#40;ALT&#41; 163 U&#47;L &#40;normal range between 0-45&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0010"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Aspartate aminotransferase &#40;AST&#41; 131 U&#47;L &#40;normal range 5-46&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0015"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Gamma glutamyl-transferase &#40;GGT&#41; 314 U&#47;L &#40;normal range 5-32&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0020"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Alkaline phosphatase &#40;ALP&#41; 414 U&#47;L &#40;normal range 100-290&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0025"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Total bilirubin 0&#46;29 mg&#47;dL &#40;normal range 0&#44; 1-0&#44; 3&#41;&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0030"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Cholesterol 279 mg&#47;dL &#40;normal range 140-220&#41;&#46;</p></li></ul></p><p id="p0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Autoimmune screening was negative &#40;AMA&#44; ASMA&#44; ANA&#44; ANCA&#44; anti-LKM&#41; apart from a slight reduction of immunoglogulin M &#40;IgM 36 mg&#47;dL&#44; normal range 40-300&#41; and a great one of immunoglobulin G &#40;IgG 339 mg&#47;dL&#44; normal range 700-1600&#41;&#46;</p><p id="p0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Tests for viral hepatitis and metabolic screening &#40;a1-antitrypsin&#44; caeruloplasmin&#44; ferritin&#41; were negative&#46; IgM antibodies for viral infections &#40;EBV&#44; HSV I and II&#44; CMV&#41;&#44; screening for HIV 1&#44; 2&#44; anti-gliandin and transglutaminase antibodies were also negative&#46; Thyroid function tests were between normal ranges&#46;</p><p id="p0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Ultrasound of upper abdomen showed no abnormal findings except from fatty liver infiltration&#46; Magnetic retrograde cholangiopancreatography &#40;MRCP&#41; and computer tomography &#40;CT&#41; were also normal&#46; A liver biopsy &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#f0005">Figure 1</a>&#41; showed 5&#37; steatosis&#44; pericentric fibrosis&#44; fibrous dilation of portal spaces and focuses of pericellular and bridging fibrosis&#44; with absence of necroinflammation in portal spaces and lobules&#44; neither microscopic disorders of small bile ductules&#59; findings unable to correlate with a particular disease&#46; No medication was prescribed and she was followed up regularly&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="f0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="p0075" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Eight months later she was presented with disequilibrium&#46; The physical examination revealed slight ptosis of the eyelids&#44; myotonia noted in face and jaw muscles&#44; weakness of the neck muscles&#44; distal upper limbs and lower limbs&#46; Laboratory tests demonstrated&#58;</p><p id="p0080" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall"><ul class="elsevierStyleList" id="li0010"><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0035"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">ALT 134 U&#47;L&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0040"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">AST 102 U&#47;L&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0045"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0095" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">GGT 142 U&#47;L&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0050"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0100" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">ALP 107 U&#47;L&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0055"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0105" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Total bilirubin 0&#46;29 mg&#47;dL&#46;</p></li><li class="elsevierStyleListItem" id="list0060"><span class="elsevierStyleLabel">&#8226;</span><p id="p0110" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Creatinine kinase was 295 U&#47;L &#40;normal range 0 to 142 U&#47;L&#41;&#46;</p></li></ul></p><p id="p0115" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Tests for multiple myeloma &#40;radiography for bone lytic lessions&#44; urinary light chain excretion&#44; beta-2 microglobulin&#44; protein electrophoresis&#41; were negative whereas the levels of vitamin 12&#44; folic acid and aldolase were within normal range&#46; Electromyography confirmed the diagnosis of myotonic dystrophy type 1 or Steinert disease&#46; After diagnosis&#44; she went through a cardiac echocardiography which did not show any heart conduction or structural abnormality&#46; Spirometry showed the presence of a mild restrictive abnormality&#46; Sixteen months later from her initial visit&#44; patient remains in good clinical condition&#44; without worsening of her neurological condition&#44; whereas liver enzymes persist to be elevated &#40;AST 58 U&#47;L&#44; ALT 48 U&#47;L&#44; GGT 193 U&#47;L and ALP 329 U&#47;L&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle" id="sect0020">Discussion</span><p id="p0120" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In the literature there are reports <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a>-<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> that indicate liver involvement in already diagnosed MD &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#t0005">table 1</a>&#41;&#46; We present a case of Steinert&#8217;s disease with abnormal liver function tests months before the presentation of clinical symptoms&#46; Consequently physicians should include MD-although rarein the differential diagnosis of elevated liver and cholostatic enzymes&#46; The pathophysiology should be further evaluated&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="t0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="p0125" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Myotonic dystrophy &#40;MD&#41; is a multisystemic&#44; autosomal disorder with genetic and clinical heterogeneity&#46; There are two forms&#44; DM1 also called Steinert&#8217;s disease and DM2 which is generally milder in presentation with a later onset&#46; DM1 is caused by an expansion of CTG trinucleotide repeat in the 3&#8217;-untranslated region of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase gene &#40;DMPK&#41; on chromosome 19q 13&#46;3&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a>-<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> whereas DM2 results from an expansion of CCTG tetranucleotide repeat expansion located in intron 1 of the zinc finger protein 9 gene &#40;ZNF9&#41; on chromosome 3q 21&#46;3&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a> In each case&#44; the genes are transcribed to RNA but are not translated&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> The mutant RNA results in abnormal function of several genes<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">13</span></a> such as the skeletal muscle choride channel&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">14</span></a> the insulin receptor<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0075"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">15</span></a> and cardiac troponin T&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">16</span></a> Both forms are presented as muscle weakness&#44; myotonia&#44; cataract&#44; cardiac conduction abnormalities&#44; insulin resistance&#44; primary hypogonadism&#44; hypogammaglobulinemia and respiratory abnormalities&#46; Gastrointestinal manifestations include colicky abdominal pain&#44; constipation&#44; diarrhea&#44; pseudo-obstruction and swallowing difficulties&#44; all related to smooth muscle involvement&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0085"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">17</span></a></p><p id="p0130" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">There is some evidence of liver involvement in MD but the pathophysiology is still uncertain&#46; Ronnemaa&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">et al&#46;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0005"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1</span></a> studied the activity of serum GGT in 17 patients with MD&#46; GGT activity was found elevated in 11 &#40;65&#37;&#41; patients whereas most of them had one or more other pathological liver tests&#46; In a later study&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0010"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2</span></a> the authors evaluated prospectively liver and gallbladder function in 53 patients with MD&#46; Abnormal activity of at least one liver enzyme was found in 35 patients &#40;66&#37;&#41;&#46; Liver abnormalities were not correlated to disease severity or CTG expansion&#46; Heatwole&#44; <span class="elsevierStyleItalic">et al&#46;</span><a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> studied 126 MD patients mild to moderately affected&#46; Patients demonstrated abnormal values in all liver enzyme levels tested &#40;lactate dehydrogenase-LDH&#44; GGT&#44; AST&#44; ALT and ALP&#41;&#46;</p><p id="p0135" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">It has been suggested that abnormal liver tests represent a cell membrane defect affecting the contractility of bile canaliculli and bile ductules&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0090"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">18</span></a>&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0095"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">19</span></a> An alternative explanation is that the elevation of GGT results from dysfunction of the hepatocytes whereas the elevation of ALT&#44; AST and LDH results from abnormal skeletal muscle&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> In another study&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> authors suggested that oxidative stress may play a role in the pathogenesis of MD&#46; They investigated 39 patients with MD to assess the plasma concentration of advanced oxidation protein products &#40;AOPPs&#41; and GGT and related them to clinical severity scores&#46; GGT and AOPPs were significantly higher in patients than in controls and&#44; moreover&#44; a correlation was found between serum GGT levels and AOPPs as well as between AOPPs and extra-muscular signs of the disease&#46; GGT is known for catalyzing free radical formation and oxidative damage<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">20</span></a> and its increase could result from the oxidative stress status&#46;</p><p id="p0140" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">To conclude&#44; our patient presented with elevated liver enzymes without indications of chronic liver disease&#44; months before the diagnosis of Steinert&#8217;s disease&#46; Consequently&#44; we demonstrate that abnormal liver tests may be the presenting feature of MD and this disorder should be included in the differential diagnosis of elevated liver enzymes&#46; Moreover&#44; considering these abnormal values as indications of liver dysfunction&#44; medications undergoing metabolic clearance should be prescribed cautiously in this setting&#46;</p></span></span>"
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