CaseSK: Male, Pakistan, Birth onset
CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0008846, HP:0001562, HP:0002987, HP:0012453, HP:0001623, HP:0001518, HP:0003561, HP:0002209, HP:0011359, HP:0000963, HP:0100678, HP:0000973, HP:0100679, HP:0000348, HP:0002007, HP:0005280, HP:0000463, HP:0003196, HP:0000430, HP:0000233, HP:0000490, HP:0007759, HP:0000218, HP:0000347, HP:0005328, HP:0002828, HP:0002098, HP:0009110, HP:0000883, HP:0011682, HP:0001655, HP:0100545, HP:0007727, HP:0002033, HP:0002015, HP:0001250, HP:0000023, HP:0001525 (Severe intrauterine growth retardation, Oligohydramnios, Elbow contracture, Bilateral wrist flexion contracture, Breech presentation, Small for gestational age, Birth length less than 3rd percentile, Sparse scalp hair, Dry hair, Thin skin, Wrinkled skin, Cutis laxa, Lack of skin elasticity, High forehead, Frontal bossing, Depressed nasal bridge, Anteverted nares, Short nose, Underdeveloped nasal alae, Thin vermilion border, Deeply set eye, Opacification of the corneal stroma, High-arched palate, Micrognathia, Progeroid facial appearance, Multiple joint contractures, Respiratory distress, Diaphragmatic eventration, Thin ribs, Perimembranous ventricular septal defect, Patent foramen ovale, Arterial stenosis, Opacification of the corneal epithelium, Poor suck, Dysphagia, Seizures, Inguinal hernia, Severe failure to thrive)
HPOsFreeText: Clenched fists, Birth weight was 1.52 kg (<3rd centile), his length was 38 cm (<3rd centile) and his OFC was 29.5 cm (<3rd centile). His Apgar scores were six and nine at 1 and 5 min respectively, Parchment paper‐like textured skin, Prominent cheek jowls, Absent Bowman's membrane, Increased cellularity in the substantia propia, Decreased amount of elastin compared to controls, Less-deefined collagen fibers, Amounts of collagen type I and III were qualitatively decreased
CaseNotHPOs: N/A
NotHPOsFreeText: Normal lung parenchyma
CaseAddInfo: Born to consanguineous first-cousin once removed parents
CasePreviousTesting: Maternal TORCH analysis showed no signs of an acute infection; Amniocentesis showed a normal male karyotype (46,XY), and amniotic fluid virology studies showed no detectable virus; Fetal echocardiography was normal; Fibroblast analysis showed cell proliferation was severely diminished along with abnormally decreased collagen production; A heterozygous variant in PYCR1 was also found (c.329C > T) but is predicted benign and no functional expression alteration of PYCR1 was found.
CaseGenotypingMethod: The exons and exon-intron boundaries of ALDH18A1 were subject to mutation screening via direct sequencing and PCR amplification. A homozygous canonical splice-site variant was found with both parents heterozygous for the same mutation. cDNA was applied to test for functional alteration of the transcript which yielded, rathert than the WT 706 bp protein, a shortened protein ranging from 492-583 bp. These two transcripts either lead to a large deletion of c.1757–1970 or a premature termination codon predicted to undergo NMD.
Variant: NM_002860.4(ALDH18A1):c.1923+1G>A
ClinVar: 29727 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/29727/
gnomAD: Not in gnomAD