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IEMbase 0231: ACADVL-related Very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Scope

Field Value
IEMbase ID 231
Nosology 4.2.03.01
Gene ACADVL
External IDs OMIM:201475
Generated mapping MAPPED; VLCAD_Deficiency.yaml
Candidate DisMech targets VLCAD_Deficiency.yaml
Review date 2026-07-07

IEMbase phenotype signal

IEMbase represents this as ACADVL-related very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, with the alternate label VLCAD. The record is autosomal recessive and treatability is marked yes.

The biochemical rows include C14:1, C14:1/C12:1 and C14:1/C4 ratios, C16 and C18 acylcarnitine species, free carnitine, C14:0, creatine kinase, transaminases, hypoketotic hypoglycemia context, dicarboxylic organic acids, and glucose. Characteristic rows include cardiomyopathy, coma, muscular-axial hypotonia, lethargy, liver dysfunction, exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis, and skeletal myopathy. Treatments listed by IEMbase are fasting avoidance, bezafibrate, and triheptanoin.

DisMech phenotype coverage

VLCAD_Deficiency.yaml is the correct target. The local entry covers biallelic ACADVL disease, impaired very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase activity for C12-C20 substrates, C14:1 as the principal diagnostic marker, C14/C16/C18 long-chain acylcarnitines, hypoketotic hypoglycemia, neonatal cardiac and multiorgan disease, hepatic crises, later-onset myopathic disease, exercise/fasting/cold/illness-triggered rhabdomyolysis, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, liver dysfunction, creatine kinase elevation, dietary management, pre-exercise carbohydrate/MCT support, triheptanoin, and cardiac management.

Concordance and completeness

Judgement: correct mapped target with high concordance.

IEMbase and DisMech agree on ACADVL/VLCAD identity, long-chain fatty-acid oxidation mechanism, C14:1-centered diagnosis, long-chain acylcarnitines, hypoketotic crisis biology, cardiomyopathy, hepatic involvement, skeletal myopathy, exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis, fasting avoidance, and triheptanoin. IEMbase adds concise ratio prompts and bezafibrate as a treatment-review item.

Curation actions

  • Keep this record mapped to VLCAD_Deficiency.yaml.
  • No mapping correction is needed.
  • Use the IEMbase C14:1 ratio and bezafibrate rows as targeted enrichment prompts if VLCAD treatment/biomarker coverage is refreshed.