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A Novel KMT2D mutation in Kabuki syndrome with elevated liver enzymes and congenital bilateral hip dislocation
Author(s) -
Ayça Kocaağa,
Sevgi Yimenicioğlu
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138
H-Index - 16
ISSN - 1823-6138
DOI - 10.54029/2021ryp
Subject(s) - kabuki syndrome , medicine , asymptomatic , exome sequencing , mutation , gastroenterology , compound heterozygosity , pathology , genetics , gene , biology , pediatrics
Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a rare syndrome that involves defects in a wide range of organs, with each organ showing a different severity of symptoms. Two genes have been associated with patients with KS: lysine (K)-specific demethylase 6A (KDM6A) and lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D). The study reported the case of an 18-month-old Turkish boy diagnosed with KS. The patient showed a typical appearance: widely separated eyes, sparse eyebrows, long palpebral fissures, blue sclera, large prominent ears, and micrognathia. The patient was operated on because of bilateral hip dislocation and undescended testicles. He was also followed up by pediatric gastroenterology with asymptomatic liver enzyme elevation (AST- 79 U/L, ALT -68 U/L, ALP -52 U/L). The whole exome sequencing analysis revealed a novel pathogenic c.13285 C>T (p.Gln4429Ter) mutation in the KMT2D gene. The genotype-phenotype correlation of KS was not precisely established. As per our knowledge, there is limited literature which gives information about the hepato-biliary manifestations of KS. Here, we propose that the new mutation of the KMT2D gene may result in the typical facial features of KS with asymptomatic elevated liver enzymes.

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