Table 1.
Patient characteristics | |
Current age | 4 years |
Age at presentation | 8 months |
Main presenting feature | Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia |
Family history | Emirati, first‐degree cousins |
No history of hypoglycemia or liver disease | |
Clinical features | Normal development |
Normal growth | |
Hepatomegaly | |
Biochemical investigations | High liver transaminases |
Low albumin and total protein | |
Hypoglycemia | |
Positive urinary ketones | |
High insulin level | |
Positive glucagon challenge | |
Imaging | Hepatomegaly with a liver nodule |
Genetic test result | Novel homozygous mutation (p.Ala288Val) at the MPI gene |
Both parents are carriers | |
Treatment | Diazoxide‐responsive |