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Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WDSTS) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is caused by mutations in the KMT2A gene. This case reports a two-year-old male’s diagnosis of WDSTS via a heterozygous variant of uncertain significance (VUS) (c.11735G>A(p.Cys3912Tyr). The patient's phenotypic presen...

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Autores principales: Benítez Ríos, Fabiola A, Rodríguez-Fernández, Laura F, Arciniegas, Norma J, Santiago Cornier, Alberto, Carlo, Simón
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181961
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37330
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author Benítez Ríos, Fabiola A
Rodríguez-Fernández, Laura F
Arciniegas, Norma J
Santiago Cornier, Alberto
Carlo, Simón
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Rodríguez-Fernández, Laura F
Arciniegas, Norma J
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Carlo, Simón
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description Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WDSTS) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is caused by mutations in the KMT2A gene. This case reports a two-year-old male’s diagnosis of WDSTS via a heterozygous variant of uncertain significance (VUS) (c.11735G>A(p.Cys3912Tyr). The patient's phenotypic presentation was remarkable for hypertrichosis, intellectual disability, intermittent aggressive behavior, developmental delay, failure to thrive, low weight, and the distinct facial features of long eyelashes, telecanthus, corrected strabismus, down-slanting palpebral fissures, and a wide nasal bridge with a broad tip. The importance of this case report stands on the principle of genetic evaluation in patients with ambiguous clinical presentations. In the future, molecular analysis of VUS with pathogenic clinical features can lead to targeted medical management and counseling.
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spelling pubmed-101685252023-05-10 Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome Benítez Ríos, Fabiola A Rodríguez-Fernández, Laura F Arciniegas, Norma J Santiago Cornier, Alberto Carlo, Simón Cureus Genetics Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WDSTS) is an autosomal dominant disorder that is caused by mutations in the KMT2A gene. This case reports a two-year-old male’s diagnosis of WDSTS via a heterozygous variant of uncertain significance (VUS) (c.11735G>A(p.Cys3912Tyr). The patient's phenotypic presentation was remarkable for hypertrichosis, intellectual disability, intermittent aggressive behavior, developmental delay, failure to thrive, low weight, and the distinct facial features of long eyelashes, telecanthus, corrected strabismus, down-slanting palpebral fissures, and a wide nasal bridge with a broad tip. The importance of this case report stands on the principle of genetic evaluation in patients with ambiguous clinical presentations. In the future, molecular analysis of VUS with pathogenic clinical features can lead to targeted medical management and counseling. Cureus 2023-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10168525/ /pubmed/37181961 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37330 Text en Copyright © 2023, Benítez Ríos et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Benítez Ríos, Fabiola A
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Arciniegas, Norma J
Santiago Cornier, Alberto
Carlo, Simón
Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome
title Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome
title_full Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome
title_fullStr Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome
title_short Pathogenic Presentation of a Variant of Uncertain Significance in a Puerto Rican Patient With Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome
title_sort pathogenic presentation of a variant of uncertain significance in a puerto rican patient with wiedemann-steiner syndrome
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37181961
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37330
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