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Case Report
Imerslund-Gräsbeck Syndrome in an Infant with a Novel Intronic Variant in the AMN Gene: A Case Report
by Alessandra Pacitto, Paolo Prontera, Gabriela Stangoni, Maurizio Stefanelli, Stefania Ceppi, Carla Cerri, Grazia Gurdo, Annalisa Mencarelli and Susanna Esposito
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20(3), 527; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20030527 - 27 Jan 2019
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Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder clinically characterized by megaloblastic anemia, benign mild proteinuria, and other nonspecific symptoms. Several pathogenetic variants in the amnionless (AMN) or cubilin (CUBN) genes have been described in IGS. We describe [...] Read more.
Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder clinically characterized by megaloblastic anemia, benign mild proteinuria, and other nonspecific symptoms. Several pathogenetic variants in the amnionless (AMN) or cubilin (CUBN) genes have been described in IGS. We describe a case of IGS with urinary tract infection and mild but persistent proteinuria at onset in an 11-month-old female child. With the appearance of macrocytic anemia, aphthous stomatitis, and neurological signs, IGS was clinically suspected, and vitamin B12 parenteral therapy was started. Sequence analysis showed the presence of a novel intronic variant c.513+5G>A of AMN, never before described in the literature, that was in compound heterozygosity with the known pathogenetic variant c.1006+34_1007-31del. Analysis extension to the parents revealed the presence of variant c.1006+34_1007-31 in the father and c.513+5G>A in the mother. In the present case with IGS, the novel intronic variant of AMN was identified in “trans” with a known pathogenic variant (c.1006-31 del) and the new variant was interpreted to be pathogenetic since it was not found in the public database of polymorphisms and because it was predicted to alter a donor splicing site. Our case underlines the relevance in detecting certain subtle symptoms, such as mild but persistent proteinuria associated with megaloblastic anemia, to reach a correct diagnosis of a rare but treatable disorder. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics)
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