Gregory Goodwin1, Pamela P Hawley1, David T Miller1. 1. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics (G.G.), and Division of Genetics and Genomics (P.P.H., D.T.M.), Children's Hospital of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Abstract
CONTEXT: Atypical presentations of complex multisystem disorders may elude diagnosis based on clinical findings only. Appropriate diagnostic tests may not be available or available tests may not provide appropriate coverage of relevant genomic regions for patients with complex phenotypes. Clinical whole-exome/-genome sequencing is often considered for complex patients lacking a definitive diagnosis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A boy who is now 7 years old presented as a newborn with congenital ichthyosis. At 6 weeks of age, he presented with failure to thrive and hypoparathyroidism. At 4 years of age, he was diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss. Whole-genome sequencing identified novel mutations in GATA3, which causes HDR syndrome (hypoparathyroidism and deafness), and STS, which causes X -linked congenital ichthyosis. CONCLUSION: Whole-genome sequencing led to a definitive clinical diagnosis in a case where no other clinical test was available for GATA3, and no sequencing panel would have included both genes because they have disparate phenotypes. This case demonstrates the power of whole-genome (or exome) sequencing for patients with complex clinical presentations involving endocrine abnormalities.
CONTEXT: Atypical presentations of complex multisystem disorders may elude diagnosis based on clinical findings only. Appropriate diagnostic tests may not be available or available tests may not provide appropriate coverage of relevant genomic regions for patients with complex phenotypes. Clinical whole-exome/-genome sequencing is often considered for complex patients lacking a definitive diagnosis. CASE DESCRIPTION: A boy who is now 7 years old presented as a newborn with congenital ichthyosis. At 6 weeks of age, he presented with failure to thrive and hypoparathyroidism. At 4 years of age, he was diagnosed with sensorineural hearing loss. Whole-genome sequencing identified novel mutations in GATA3, which causes HDR syndrome (hypoparathyroidism and deafness), and STS, which causes X -linked congenital ichthyosis. CONCLUSION: Whole-genome sequencing led to a definitive clinical diagnosis in a case where no other clinical test was available for GATA3, and no sequencing panel would have included both genes because they have disparate phenotypes. This case demonstrates the power of whole-genome (or exome) sequencing for patients with complex clinical presentations involving endocrine abnormalities.
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