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ArticleInternational journal of neonatal screening2023

A False-Negative Newborn Screen for Tyrosinemia Type 1-Need for Re-Evaluation of Newborn Screening with Succinylacetone.

Allysa M Dijkstra, Kimber Evers-van Vliet, M Rebecca Heiner-Fokkema, Frank A J A Bodewes, Dennis K Bos, József Zsiros, Koen J van Aerde, Klaas Koop, Francjan J van Spronsen, Charlotte M A Lubout

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Article in International journal of neonatal screening, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Allysa M DijkstraSection of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1947-5949
Kimber Evers-van VlietSection of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
M Rebecca Heiner-FokkemaLaboratory of Metabolic Diseases, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3477-0770
Frank A J A BodewesSection of Pediatric Gastroeneterology and Hepatology, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
Dennis K BosDepartment of Genetics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
József ZsirosPrincess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6716-4347
Koen J van AerdeDepartment of Pediatric Infectious Disease and Immunology, Amalia's Children Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Klaas KoopSection Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Francjan J van SpronsenSection of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-3773-1929
Charlotte M A LuboutSection of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Groningen · NLPrincess Máxima Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NLUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Undiagnosed and untreated tyrosinemia type 1 (TT1) individuals carry a significant risk for developing liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Elevated succinylacetone (SA) is pathognomonic for TT1 and therefore often used as marker for TT1 newborn screening (NBS). While SA was long considered to be elevated in every TT1 patient, here we present a recent false-negative SA TT1 screen. A nine-year-old boy presented with HCC in a cirrhotic liver. Additional tests for the underlying cause unexpectedly revealed TT1. Nine years prior, the patient was screened for TT1 via SA NBS with a negative result: SA 1.08 µmol/L, NBS cut-off 1.20 µmol/L. To our knowledge, this report is the first to describe a false-negative result from the TT1 NBS using SA. False-negative TT1 NBS results may be caused by milder TT1 variants with lower SA excretion. Such patients are more likely to be missed in NBS programs and can be asymptomatic for years. Based on our case, we advise TT1 to be considered in patients with otherwise unexplained liver pathology, including fibrosis, cirrhosis and HCC, despite a previous negative TT1 NBS status. Moreover, because the NBS SA concentration of this patient fell below the Dutch cut-off value (1.20 µmol/L at that time), as well as below the range of cut-off values used in other countries (1.29-10 µmol/L), it is likely that false-negative screening results for TT1 may also be occurring internationally. This underscores the need to re-evaluate TT1 SA NBS programs.

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cirrhosishepatocellular carcinomanewborn screeningsuccinylacetonetyrosinemia type 1

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PMCPMC10744279
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