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Query: UMLS:C0020505 (
hyperphagia
)
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Two adolescent boys with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (progressive external ophthalmoplegia, heart block, elevated CSF protein, and ragged-red muscle fibers) developed lethargy, increasing somnolence, polydipsia,
polyphagia
, and polyuria after a brief course of steroid therapy. Both had hyperglycemia and acidosis. Nonketotic, lactic acidosis was present in one and ketosis in the other. Severe respiratory failure developed, and both patients died. Postmortem revealed fatty infiltration of the pancreas in addition to a diffuse
spongiform encephalopathy
.
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PMID:Fatal metabolic acidosis, hyperglycemia, and coma after steroid therapy for Kearns-Sayre syndrome. 370 1
