We report a case of a 4-year-old boy with lysinuric protein intolerance in China. The patient presented with interstitial lung disease with obvious clubbing of the fingers and toes. During the course of diagnosis and treatment, we found he was averse to a high-protein diet, intolerant to activity, and had a history of diarrhea and fractures. Physical examination revealed hepatosplenomegaly and clubbing of the fingers and toes. Next-generation sequencing revealed compound heterozygous mutations (c.1387delG, c.958T > C) in
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