Table 1.
Case No | Sex | Onset | Age at biopsy | Present age | Clinical outcome | Investigation |
1 | M | Congenital | 5 weeks and 11 months | 17 months | On TPN, growth on 50% percentile | IEM, BOC, OCT |
2 | F | Congenital | 2 weeks | 9 months | On TPN | IEM |
3 | M | Congenital | 3 weeks | 20 months | On waiting list for transplantation | IEM |
4 | F | Late onset | 3 and 7 months | 16 months | On TPN | IEM |
IEM, Immunogold electron microscopy; BOC, biosynthetic labelling of saccharase isomaltase in organ culture; OCT, organ culture with the endocytic tracers ovalbumin and ferritin; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.