PEDIATRICS Vol. 32 No. 3 September 1963, pp. 358-370
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GASTROINTESTINAL MALABSORPTION ASSOCIATED WITH CYSTINURIA

Report of a Case in a Negro

William H. Fleming MC USNR1, Gordon B. Avery, MC USN1, R. Irvin Morgan MC USN1, and Thomas E. Cone Jr. MC USN1

1 Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Pediatrics, and Pathology, United States Naval Hospital National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

A case of cystinuria occurring in a 14-year-old Negro male is presented. The hereditary nature of the aminoaciduria was demonstrated, and the genetic implications are pointed out. Associated with the cystinuria was a severe idiopathic steatorrhea and extreme vitamin D refractory rickets. Suggestive evidence for a depressed absorption of L-lysine from the gut is presented. A satisfactory explanation for the steatorrhea and vitamin D resistant rickets is not apparent.

Submitted on September 24, 1962
Accepted on March 16, 1963