Patient 1 (P1)
Case#: Patient 1 (P1) is a 24-year-old Chinese female.
DiseaseAssertion: Patients are asserted to have "CTLA4 haploinsufficiency (CTLA-4 h).
FamilyInfo: The patient's father carries the same CTLA4 variant as the patient but has been asymptomatic. No other family history reported.
CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0031245 (Productive cough), HP:0002105 (Hemoptysis), HP:0001878 (Hemolytic anemia), HP:0006532 (Recurrent pneumonia), HP:0004313 (Decreased circulating immunoglobulin concentration, HP:0033608 (Pulmonary nodule), HP:0002716 (Lymphadenopathy), HP:0001596 (Alpecia),
CaseHPOFreeText: Patient first presented at age 14 with respiratory symptoms. She was hospitalized at age 16 with hemolytic anemia and recurrent pulmonary infections. Lab work showed hypogammaglobinemia. Chest CT showed scattered solid and ground-glass density nodules bilaterally in the lungs, Lung biopsy demonstrated lymphocytic infiltration and siderophages. Treatment with corticosteroids achieved temporary remission, but the patient relapsed with dose tapering. She developed Evans syndrome, alopecia, and skin lesions. Disease stabilized with weekly subcutaneous abatacept (125mg) and the interval was subsequently extended to once every 4 weeks.
CaseNotHPOs: HP:0003493 (Antinuclear antibody positivity), HP:0032230 (Cytoplasmic antineutrophil antibody positivity).
GenotypingMethod: Genotyping was performed by whole exome sequencing.
PreviouslyPublished: No prior article is known to contain information on the same proband.
Variant: The patient is heterozygous for the NM_005214.4(CTLA4):c.155G>T(p.Gly52Val) variant.
ClinVar: 1420586
gnomAD: The variant was not found in gnomAD v4.1.1.
SupplementalData: No supplemental data provided.