FATTY ACID PROFILE, MITOCHONDRIAL (C8-C18), SERUM
Marquette General Health System

General Info

Alpha Code

  F8944

MGH LIS Test No

  8944

Schedule

  Monday-Friday

Testing Time

  3 Days

Testing Lab

  Mayo Labs

QORR Test Code

  F8944

Specimen Info

Type

  1 Red Top (Plain)  

Volume

  0.5 mL Serum Frozen

Temperature

  Frozen

Preservative

   

Collection Info

   
 

Type

  1 SST Tube  

Volume

  0.5 mL Serum Frozen

Temperature

  Frozen

Preservative

   

Collection Info

  Draw blood in a plain, red-top tube or serum gell tube following
an overnight (12-14 hour) fast.  Patient must not consume any
alcohol for 24 hours before the specimen is drawn.  Spin down
and send 0.5 mL of serum frozen in plastic vial.
Note:     1. Patient's age is required on request form for processing.
             2.  Include information regarding treatment, family history, and 

                  tentative diagnosis.

 
Specimen Acceptability

Methods
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) Stable Isotope Dilution Analysis

Clinical Utilities
Biochemical diagnoses inborn errors of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation, including deficiencies of medium-chain acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase, long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-Co-A dehydrogenase, very long-chain acyl-Co-A dehydrogenase, and glutaricacidemia type 2.

CPT Codes
82544

Reference Range
Octanoic Acid, C8:0
1-31 days:  7-63 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  7-63 umol/L
2 years-17 years:  9-41 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  8-47 umol/L
 

Decenoic Acid, C10:1
1-31 days:  0.8-4.8 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  0.8-4.8 umol/L
2 -17 years:  1.6-6.6 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  1.8-5.0 umol/L
 

Decanoic Acid, C10:0
1-31 days:  2-62 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  2-62 umol/L
2 -17 years:  3-25 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  2-18 umol/L 


Lauroleic Acid, C12:1
1-31 days:  0.6-4.8 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  0.6-4.8 umol/L
2 -17 years:  1.3-5.8 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  1.4-6.6 umol/L
 

Lauric Acid, C12:0
1-31 days:  6-190 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  6-190 umol/L
2 -17 years:  5-80 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  6-90 umol/L
 

Tetradecadienoic Acid, C14:2
1-31 days:  0.3-6.5 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  0.3-6.5 umol/L
2 -17 years:  0.2-5.8 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  0.8-5.0 umol/L
 

Myristoleic Acid, C14:1
1-31 days:  1-46 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  1-46 umol/L
2 -17 years :  1-31 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  3-64 umol/L
 

Myristic Acid, C14:0
1-31 days:  30-320 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  30-320 umol/L
2 -17 years:  40-290 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  30-450 umol/L
 

Hexadecadienoic Acid, C16:2
1-31 days:  4-27 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  4-27 umol/L
2 -17 years:  3-29 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  10-48 umol/L
 

Palmitoleic Acid, C16:1w7
1-31 days:  20-1,020 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  20-1,020 umol/L
2 -17 years:  100-670 umol/L
> or = 18 years: 110-1,130 umol/L
 

Palmitic Acid, C16:0
1-31 days:  720-3,120 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  720-3,120 umol/L
2 -17 years:  960-3,460 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  1,480-3730 umol/L
 

Linoleic Acid, C18:2w6
1-31 days:  350-2,660 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  1,000-3300 umol/L
2 -17 years:  1,600-3,500 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  2,270-3,850 umol/L
 

Oleic Acid, C18:1w9
1-31 days:  250-3,500 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  250-3,500 umol/L
2 -17 years:  350-3,500 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  650-3,500 umol/L
 

Stearic Acid, C18:0
1-31 days:  270-1,140 umol/L
32 days-1 year:  270-1,140 umol/L
2 -17 years:  280-1,170 umol/L
> or = 18 years:  590-1,170 umol/L

Component Information

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