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A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH), also known as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, is a rare cause of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome. In many familial cases of PBMAH, the variants in armadillo repeat containing 5 (ARM...

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Autores principales: Wang, Wei, Wei, Feng
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396781/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35996143
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-022-01128-x
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description BACKGROUND: Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH), also known as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, is a rare cause of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome. In many familial cases of PBMAH, the variants in armadillo repeat containing 5 (ARMC5) gene are found to be associated with the disease. Here, we report a case of PBMAH harboring a novel frameshift variant in ARMC5 gene, which has not been previously reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old woman was referred due to the clinical features of Cushing’s syndrome. Radiological imaging and hormonal testing were carried out. The serum levels of cortisol were remarkably increased at late night and did not suppress even after 1 mg of dexamethasone administration, while the plasma levels of ACTH hormone were decreased significantly. The patient underwent unilateral left-sided laparoscopic adrenalectomy, and the diagnosis of PBMAH was substantiated by histopathological analysis. Moreover, the partial envelope was incomplete and the cell proliferation index was low. Specifically, inhibin α-subunit ( +), syn focal ( +), Ki-67 ~ 3% ( +), CgA (-) and CEA (-) were observed. DNA sequencing data revealed that a novel frameshift variant (c.363_373delGCCAGTGCGCC, p.Pro122Alafs*61) was identified in ARMC5 gene. However, this variant was not detected in the daughter of the patient. The rest of the family members, including her sister, son and two brothers, were not consented for genetic testing. CONCLUSIONS: Early detection of ARMC5 variant status and familial screening might have important clinical implications for the diagnosis and prognosis of PBMAH patients. A novel ARMC5 frameshift variant (c.363_373delGCCAGTGCGCC, p.Pro122Alafs*61) was identified to be associated with the pathogenesis of PBMAH. ARMC5 sequencing may improve the identification of a causative gene variant for PBMAH and allow earlier diagnosis of this disease.
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spelling pubmed-93967812022-08-24 A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report Wang, Wei Wei, Feng BMC Endocr Disord Case Report BACKGROUND: Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH), also known as adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)-independent macronodular adrenal hyperplasia, is a rare cause of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome. In many familial cases of PBMAH, the variants in armadillo repeat containing 5 (ARMC5) gene are found to be associated with the disease. Here, we report a case of PBMAH harboring a novel frameshift variant in ARMC5 gene, which has not been previously reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old woman was referred due to the clinical features of Cushing’s syndrome. Radiological imaging and hormonal testing were carried out. The serum levels of cortisol were remarkably increased at late night and did not suppress even after 1 mg of dexamethasone administration, while the plasma levels of ACTH hormone were decreased significantly. The patient underwent unilateral left-sided laparoscopic adrenalectomy, and the diagnosis of PBMAH was substantiated by histopathological analysis. Moreover, the partial envelope was incomplete and the cell proliferation index was low. Specifically, inhibin α-subunit ( +), syn focal ( +), Ki-67 ~ 3% ( +), CgA (-) and CEA (-) were observed. DNA sequencing data revealed that a novel frameshift variant (c.363_373delGCCAGTGCGCC, p.Pro122Alafs*61) was identified in ARMC5 gene. However, this variant was not detected in the daughter of the patient. The rest of the family members, including her sister, son and two brothers, were not consented for genetic testing. CONCLUSIONS: Early detection of ARMC5 variant status and familial screening might have important clinical implications for the diagnosis and prognosis of PBMAH patients. A novel ARMC5 frameshift variant (c.363_373delGCCAGTGCGCC, p.Pro122Alafs*61) was identified to be associated with the pathogenesis of PBMAH. ARMC5 sequencing may improve the identification of a causative gene variant for PBMAH and allow earlier diagnosis of this disease. BioMed Central 2022-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9396781/ /pubmed/35996143 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-022-01128-x Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
title A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
title_full A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
title_fullStr A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
title_full_unstemmed A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
title_short A novel pathogenic variant of ARMC5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
title_sort novel pathogenic variant of armc5 in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9396781/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12902-022-01128-x
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