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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2000;43(6):856-860. Published online June 15, 2000.

A Case of Transient Hyperphosphatasemia

Sung Kee SK Kim¹, Yong Won YW Park¹, Chong Guk CG Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

We examined a male infant with transient increase in alkaline phosphatase(ALP) activity. The 25-month-old infant was admitted to a local hospital because of pneumonia of unknown etiology. Initial laboratory investigation revealed a serum ALP of 11,260U/L, which was comparable to that of bone isoenzyme on the electrophoresis pattern. There was no evidence of hepatitis, skeletal or intestinal diseases. The hyperphosphatasemia disappeared 3 months later. We report a case of transient hyperphosphatasemia diagnosed incidentally in the course of management of pneumonia.

Keywords :Transient hyperphosphatasemia, Alkaline phosphatase