Year 2023 / Volume 115 / Number 11
Letter
Hepatopathy of Mauriac syndrome. The importance of therapeutic adherence

659-660

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2023.9513/2023

Antonio Moreno Tirado, Paloma González Lázaro, María Zhao Montero Benítez, Pedro Jiménez Torrecilla,

Abstract
The Pierre Mauriac syndrome described in the year 1930, is characterized by growth failure, cushingoid appearance, hepatomegaly and hypertransaminasemia, in a patient with chronic uncontrolled DM1. The most common age of presentation is usually in adolescence, although cases have been described in both children and adults. The hallmark of this syndrome is extreme liver enlargement from massive acucumulation of glycogen. The diagnosis of hepatopathy requires high clinical suspicion and the presence of glycogen accumulation must be corroborated with a liver biopsy. The accumulation of glycogen in hepatocytes is partly caused by long periods of hyperglycemia, in which glucose enters the hepatocyte independently of insulin and is converted to glycogen. Mauriac syndrome is currently a rare cause of liver disease, due to improvements in control and treatment of patients with DM1. However, some cases are described in people with complicated social situations or without therapeutic compliance. This is a reversible condition after improvement in glycemic control with adequate insulinization. For this reason, we believe it convenient to suspect this clinical picture in patients with poor glycemic control and symptoms of pain and abdominal distension.
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Moreno Tirado A, González Lázaro P, Montero Benítez M, Jiménez Torrecilla P. Hepatopathy of Mauriac syndrome. The importance of therapeutic adherence. 9513/2023


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Received: 06/02/2023

Accepted: 09/02/2023

Online First: 13/02/2023

Published: 13/11/2023

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