12 Matching Annotations
  1. Last 7 days
    1. The proband (Patient #20

      Case#: Female, family #5, Patient #20

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD

      FamilyInfo: Proband's sister presented with same clinical prognosis. Sister diagnosed with pattern dystrophy and photoaversion at age 57, with difficulty seeing at night. Sister has nuclear sclerotic and cortical cataracts in both eyes.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000662, HP:0000603, HP:0000603, HP:0000493

      CaseHPOFreeText: Proband presented with localized blur at age 62, (late onset) in her left eye. BVCA 20/20-3 and 20/20-2 at age 70. Also has macular lesions with stage 2 fundus flecks.

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method: Genotyping performed at Columbia University, sequencing technology used is not disclosed.

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: p.N18681, IVS36:c.5196+1G>A

      ClinVar: M2) 99067, M6) 99351

      CAID: N/A

      SupplementalData: Fig 1: Pedigree illustrating ABCA4 variants and the associated Stargardt phenotype for 5 families. Proband Labeled w/ white arrow for each family. Fig 2: retinal scan measuring melanin in 4 patients of family 2. Panel shows bull's-eye ring of RPE atropy. Fig 3: Macular SD-OCT line profile from b-scans. Reflectivity plotted against function of retinal depth. Table 1: table shows patients with p.N18681 variant, type of mutation, and pathogenicity class. Table 2: Patients, age on-set and first symptom

    1. F17-003

      Case#: Patient 225, Female, age of onset 7 y.o, Poland

      DiseaseAssertion: STGD-1

      FamilyInfo: no given family information.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0007722, HP:0000608, HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText: RPE atrophy, macular degeneration, central hyper-autofluorescence in fundus autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a, non-proband identified HPO's mentioned, but not assignable to individual proband.

      Genotyping Method: DNA isolated from peripheral blood from patients and relatives via MagNA Pure 24, samples screened with MIPs targeting 108 genes involved in pathogensis of IRD's. PCR completed on library, analysed with NGS fragment analysis kit.

      PreviouslyPublished: yes

      Variant: c.[1622T>C;3113C>T]

      ClinVar: 99067, 7894

      CAID: n/a

      gnomeAD 0.0001266 allele frequency

      SupplementalData: Fig1: List of families displaying pseudo-dominant inheritance. Fig2: Number of alleles for most common variants.

  2. Apr 2026
    1. proband at age 5, targeted testing of ABCA4

      Case#: 1

      DiseaseAssertion: stargardt disease originally but didn;t have fishtail flecks

      FamilyInfo: both unaffected parents carrying heterozygous MFSD8 variants

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0001272

      CaseHPOFreeText:at 5 years old BCVA was measured at a Snellen equivalent at 0.13 in both eyes, at age 8, BCVA had decreased to 0.07 in both eyes, complete absence of all retinal responses on full‐field flash ERG, No fishtail flecks typical of Stargardt disease were observed

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:n/a

      Genotyping Method: HaloPlex target enrichment kit amplified and sequenced using illumina, then WES

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.3113C>T p.(Ala1038Val)

      ClinVar: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/7894/

      SupplementalData: MFSD8 variants identified

  3. Mar 2026
    1. A 19-year-old female

      Case#: 19 year old woman

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD)

      FamilyInfo: no family history of ocular disease

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0025158

      CaseHPOFreeText:20/25 in the right eye and 20/25-1 in the left eye, small irregular perifoveal lesions of both increased and decreased autofluorescence

      CaseNotHPOs:na

      CaseNotHPOFreeText:na

      Genotyping Method: next gen sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: na

      Variant: c.6079C > T, p.(Leu2027Phe) c.4139C > T, p.(Pro1380Leu)

      ClinVar: not found not found

      CAID: not found not found

      SupplementalData: “black shadow” in the right eye after getting hit by a volley ball

    1. A 43-year-old white female

      Case#: 43 year old woman II:2

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD1)

      FamilyInfo: none of family had co-existing systemic disorders, father carried variant, probands affected suster did not

      CasePresentingHPOs:HP:0000007

      CaseHPOFreeText: loss of ellipsoid zone, mascular dystrophy with features of bull's eye maculopathy,

      CaseNotHPOs: na

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: na

      Genotyping Method: sanger sequencing

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.4685 T > C, p.(I1562T)

      ClinVar: not found

      CAID: not found

      SupplementalData: probands affected sister did not carry the ABAA4 variant, indicating ABCA4 was not relevant to mascular dystrophy in family, CRX variant was also found

    1. The proband

      Case#:case 1 II:4

      DiseaseAssertion: Stargardt disease (STGD1)

      FamilyInfo: mother has identical phenotype as proband, dad and sister asymptomatic, brother was symptomatic at 8 years old, other brother symptomatic at 15 years old.

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000007

      CaseHPOFreeText: at age 50, with central visual imparement in right eye, 20/40 right, 20/20 left, linear and branching hyperautofluorescent subretinal deposits and extrafoveal RPE atrophy in both eyes,

      CaseNotHPOs: n/a

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: n/a

      Genotyping Method:

      PreviouslyPublished: n/a

      Variant: c.6031_6044delins18M/p.(Ile2003LeufsTer41)

      ClinVar: not found

      CAID: not found

      SupplementalData:

  4. Feb 2026
    1. A10M c.4139C>T:p(P1380L

      Case#: 10 years old

      DiseaseAssertion:See Table 1

      FamilyInfo: Not Mentioned

      CasePresentingHPOs: Not specified

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: N/a

      CasePreviousTesting: See Table 2

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):c.4139C>T (p.Pro1380Leu)

      ClinVar: 7904 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/7904/

      CAID: CA129033

      gnomAD: 0.00030430 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/chr1-94031110-G-A?dataset=gnomad_r4

      SupplementalData: Table 2

    2. A01Fa c.4793C>A:p(A1598D)

      Case#: Age is not specified (Age of onset: 15 years old, with the time from onset: 8 years)

      DiseaseAssertion: Presented with macular flecks and alterations in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) subretinal deposits.

      FamilyInfo: Consanguinity within the family

      CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0000608, HP:0008035 (Macular Degeneration, Retinis pigmentosa inversa)

      CaseHPOFreeText: N/A

      CaseNotHPOs: N/A

      CaseNotHPOFreeText: Visual Acuity: 20/20

      CasePreviousTesting: See Table 2

      Variant: NM_000350.3(ABCA4):C.4793C>A (p.Ala1598Asp)

      ClinVar: 99321 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar/variation/99321/

      CAID: CA227239

      gnomAD: 0.00002631 https://gnomad.broadinstitute.org/variant/1-94021695-G-T?dataset=gnomad_r3

      SupplementalData: Table 2, Results Section