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ArticleCureus2024

Recurrent Fevers, Dysautonomia, and Dehydration in a Patient With Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome.

Samuel Pan, Annie Truss, Sabiha Hussain

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Samuel PanDepartment of Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA.
Annie TrussDepartment of Family Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, USA.
Sabiha HussainDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (LNS) is a disease characterized by a reduced ability to recycle purines, leading to increased de novo purine synthesis and uric acid production. Patients classically present with an array of hyperuricemic, neurologic, and behavioral symptoms. In this report, we describe a 26-year-old male with a history of LNS and recurrent fevers of unknown origin who presented to the emergency department (ED) with a fever, hypotension, and hypernatremia. We suspect that our patient's presentation was caused by autonomic instability in the setting of LNS leading to excessive free water loss. This report highlights a rare but life-threatening manifestation of LNS.

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dopamine signalingdysautonomiahyperthermialesch-nyhan syndromeneuroleptic malignant syndrome

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PMID38933625
PMCPMC11203274

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