Medium-chain triglyceride medication as a pitfall in the diagnosis of non-ketotic C6-C10-dicarboxylic acidurias.

Four children and one adult who received medium-chain triglycerides of C6-C10 chain length excreted substantial amounts of C6-C10-dicarboxylic acids in the urine. It has become increasingly common to treat children suspected of malabsorption with preparations containing medium-chain triglycerides, and attention is drawn to the danger of confusing the dicarboxylic aciduria seen in these children, with that seen in metabolic defects due to a possible failure in the beta-oxidation of fatty acids.