BACKGROUND: Pulmonary surfactant is a complex mixture of lipids and specific proteins that stabilizes the alveoli at the end of expiration. Mutations in the gene coding for the triphosphate binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3), which facilitates the transfer of lipids to lamellar bodies, constitute the most frequent genetic cause of severe neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and chronic interstitial lung disease in children. Hydroxychloroquine can be used as an effective treatment for this rare severe condition. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a late preterm Bosnian baby boy (36 weeks) who suffered from a severe form of respiratory distress syndrome with poor response to intensive conventional management and whole exome sequencing revealed homozygous ABCA3 mis-sense mutation. The baby showed remarkable improvement of the respiratory condition after the initiation of Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin and Corticosteroids with the continuation of Hydroxychloroquine as a monotherapy till after discharge from the hospital. CONCLUSION: Outcome in patients with ABCA3 mutations is variable ranging from severe irreversible respiratory failure in early infancy to chronic interstitial lung disease in childhood (ChILD) usually with the need for lung transplantation in many patients surviving this rare disorder. Hydroxychloroquine through its anti-inflammatory effects or alteration of intra-cellular metabolism may have an effect in treating cases of ABCA3 gene mutations.
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary surfactant is a complex mixture of lipids and specific proteins that stabilizes the alveoli at the end of expiration. Mutations in the gene coding for the triphosphate binding cassette transporter A3 (ABCA3), which facilitates the transfer of lipids to lamellar bodies, constitute the most frequent genetic cause of severe neonatal respiratory distress syndrome and chronic interstitial lung disease in children. Hydroxychloroquine can be used as an effective treatment for this rare severe condition. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a late preterm Bosnian baby boy (36 weeks) who suffered from a severe form of respiratory distress syndrome with poor response to intensive conventional management and whole exome sequencing revealed homozygous ABCA3 mis-sense mutation. The baby showed remarkable improvement of the respiratory condition after the initiation of Hydroxychloroquine, Azithromycin and Corticosteroids with the continuation of Hydroxychloroquine as a monotherapy till after discharge from the hospital. CONCLUSION: Outcome in patients with ABCA3 mutations is variable ranging from severe irreversible respiratory failure in early infancy to chronic interstitial lung disease in childhood (ChILD) usually with the need for lung transplantation in many patients surviving this rare disorder. Hydroxychloroquine through its anti-inflammatory effects or alteration of intra-cellular metabolism may have an effect in treating cases of ABCA3 gene mutations.
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ABCA3; Case report; ChILD; Hydroxychloroquine; Pulmonary surfactant
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