Case Report

Duodenogastric Intussusception in a 14-Week-Old Infant with Donohue Syndrome: Case Study

Table 1

Patient’s clinical and biochemical evolution.

AgeClinical featuresLaboratory dataNormal values

At birthIntrauterine growth retardationGlycemia 123.9–7 mmol/L

1 weekMorphological characteristics
Elfin face, low-set ears, broad nasal tip, and thick lips with broad mouth
Hypertrichosis
Emaciation with adipose tissue and muscular hypotrophy
Organomegaly (tongue and external genitalia)
Distended abdomen
Small chest
No acanthosis nigricans
Insulin 972
C peptide 3.46
IGF1 12
IGFBP3 0.35
GH 26
Leptin <1
2–13 mU/L
0.37–1.47 nmol/L
18–156 µg/L
0.7–1.4 mg/L
<17 mU/L
2.45–8 ng/mL

2 weeksGastrointestinal and nutritional findings
Poor weight gain
Hepatic dysfunction
Pancreatic deficiency
Feeding difficulties
Hematemesis
Progressive abdominal distension
ALT 172
AST 232
Total bilirubin 105
Conjugated bilirubin 34
<50 IU/L
10–50 IU/L
<17.8 µmol/L
<3.4 µmol/L
Renal findings
Electrolyte abnormalities
Nephrocalcinosis
Prothrombin time 17 (51%)
Albumin 24
Lipase 14
12–13 s
29–44 g/L
151–238 U/L
Cardiac findings
Severe left ventricular Hypertrophy
Fecal elastase 132
Na 132
K 2.7
Mg 0.55
Proteinuria 67
Urinary Ca/Cr ratio 0.5
>200 µg/g
135–145 mmol/L
3–5.4 mmol/L
0.66–1.07 mmol/L
0 mg/dL
0.33

11 weeksGastrointestinal findings
First episode of intestinal obstruction
Duodenogastric intussusception
Glycemia between 4 and 10
No hypoglycemia
Cardiac findings
Obstructive hypertrophy
Neurological findings
Moderate axial hypotonia

14 weeksMultiorgan impairment
Second episode of intestinal obstruction with cardio-respiratory distress and death
Glycemia 5

IGF1 = insulin-like growth factor 1, IGFBP3 = insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3, GH = growth hormone, ALT = alanine transaminase, AST = aspartate transaminase, Ca = calcium, and Cr = creatinine.