[Treatment of glycogenosis type III with total parenteral nutrition, continuous intragastric infusion and D-thyroxine].

A 4-year-old patient with glycogenosis type III suffered from hypoglycemic attacks during the night and from an enormous hepatomegaly. The latter was the cause of a life-threatening respiratory insufficiency. Shrinkage of the liver size was an urgent necessity. The beneficial influences of total parenteral nutrition, continuous intragastric infusion during the night, and of D-tyhroxin are described.