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Di Candia F, Fontana P, Paglia P, Falco M, Rosano C, Piscopo C, Cappuccio G, Siano MA, De Brasi D, Mandato C, De Maggio I, Squeo GM, Monica MD, Scarano G, Lonardo F, Strisciuglio P, Merla G, Melis D. Clinical heterogeneity of Kabuki syndrome in a cohort of Italian patients and review of the literature. Eur J Pediatr 2022; 181:171-187. [PMID: 34232366 PMCID: PMC8760211 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-021-04108-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a well-recognized disorder characterized by postnatal growth deficiency, dysmorphic facial features, skeletal anomalies, and intellectual disability. The syndrome is caused by KMT2D gene mutations or less frequently KDM6A gene mutations or deletions. We report a systematic evaluation of KS patients from Campania region of Italy; data were also compared with literature ones. We collected data of 15 subjects (8 males and 7 females with age range 10-26 years; mean age 16.9 years) with confirmed diagnosis of KS, representing the entire cohort of patients from Campania Region. Each patient performed biochemical testing and instrumental investigation. Neuro-intellectual development, cranio-facial dysmorphisms, and multisystem involvement data were collected retrospectively. For each category, type of defects and frequency of the anomalies were analyzed. Our observation shows that KS patients from Campania region have some particular and previously underscored, neurological and immunological findings. We found high prevalence of EEG's abnormalities (43%) and MRI brain abnormalities (60%). Microcephaly resulted more common in our series (33%), if compared with major cohorts described in literature. Biochemical features of immunodeficiency and autoimmune diseases including thyroid autoimmunity, polyserositis, and vitiligo were observed with high prevalence (54.5%). Low immunoglobulins levels were a frequent finding. Lymphocyte class investigation showed significantly reduced CD8 levels in one patient.Conclusions: These data confirm great heterogeneity of clinical manifestations in KS and suggest to introduce further clinical diagnostic criteria in order to perform a correct and precocious diagnosis. What is Known • Kabuki syndrome is characterized by growth deficiency, dysmorphic facial features, skeletal anomalies, and intellectual disability • Immune dysfunction is a common finding but autoimmune diseases are rarely seen • Neurological features are common What is New • Some particular facial features could help gestalt diagnosis (hypertelorism, broad nasal bridge, micrognathia, tooth agenesis, cutaneous haemangiomas and strabismus) • Higher prevalence of autoimmune disorders than previously reported • Particular neurological features are present in this cohort (EEG and MRI brain abnormalities).
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesca Di Candia
- grid.411293.c0000 0004 1754 9702Pediatric Unit, Translational Medicine Department, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, San Pio Hospital, Benevento, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, (Salerno), Baronissi, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d’Aragona University Hospital, Via San Leonardo, 1 – 84131 Salerno, Italy
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- grid.411293.c0000 0004 1754 9702Pediatric Unit, Translational Medicine Department, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- grid.413172.2Medical Genetics Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
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- grid.411293.c0000 0004 1754 9702Pediatric Unit, Translational Medicine Department, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Scuola Medica Salernitana”, (Salerno), Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon, Napoli, Italy
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- grid.413172.2Medical Genetics Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Napoli, Italy
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- grid.413503.00000 0004 1757 9135Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- grid.411293.c0000 0004 1754 9702Pediatric Unit, Translational Medicine Department, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- grid.413503.00000 0004 1757 9135Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, Translational Medicine Department, Federico II University Hospital, Naples, Italy. .,Pediatric Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry "Scuola Medica Salernitana", (Salerno), Baronissi, Italy. .,Pediatric Unit, San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona University Hospital, Via San Leonardo, 1 - 84131, Salerno, Italy.
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Shangguan H, Su C, Ouyang Q, Cao B, Wang J, Gong C, Chen R. Kabuki syndrome: novel pathogenic variants, new phenotypes and review of literature. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019; 14:255. [PMID: 31727177 PMCID: PMC6854618 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1219-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Objective This study describes 5 novel variants of 7 KMT2D/KDM6A gene and summarizes the clinical manifestations and the mutational spectrum of 47 Chinese Kabuki syndrome (KS) patients. Methods Blood samples were collected for whole-exome sequencing (WES) for 7 patients and their parents if available. Phenotypic and genotypic spectra of 40 previously published unrelated Chinese KS patients were summarized. Result Genetic sequencing identified six KMT2D variants (c.3926delC, c.5845delC, c.6595delT, c.12630delG, c.16294C > T, and c.16442delG) and one KDM6A variant (c.2668-2671del). Of them, 4 variants (c.3926delC, c.5845delC, c.12630delG, and c.16442delG) in KMT2D gene and the variant (c.2668-2671del) in KDM6A gene were novel. Combining with previously published Chinese KS cases, the patients presented with five cardinal manifestations including facial dysmorphism, intellectual disability, growth retardation, fingertip pads and skeletal abnormalities. In addition, 29.5% (5/17) patients had brain abnormalities, such as hydrocephalus, cerebellar vermis dysplasia, thin pituitary and white matter myelination delay, corpus callosum hypoplasia and Dandy-Walker malformation. Conclusion In this report, five novel variants in KMT2D/KDM6A genes are described. A subset of Chinese KS patients presented with brain abnormalities that were not previously reported. Our study expands the mutational and phenotypic spectra of KS.
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- Huakun Shangguan
- Department of Endocrinology, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian, Fujian Medical University Teaching Hospital, Fuzhou, 350000, China
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- Department of Endocrinolgy, Genetics and Metabolism, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Department of Endocrinology, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian, Fujian Medical University Teaching Hospital, Fuzhou, 350000, China
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- Department of Endocrinolgy, Genetics and Metabolism, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, 100045, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetic Diagnostics, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China
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- Department of Endocrinolgy, Genetics and Metabolism, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, 100045, China.
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- Department of Endocrinology, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian, Fujian Medical University Teaching Hospital, Fuzhou, 350000, China.
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