CM
Case#: CM (II:3), deceased at age 18 years.
CaseHPOs: HP:0002024, HP:0002013, HP:0002570, HP:0001251, HP:0001260, HP:0002495, HP:0001284 (malabsorption, vomiting, steatorrhea, ataxia, dysarthria, impaired vibratory sensation, absent deep tendon reflexes)
CaseHPOsFreeText: Symptoms as early as 4 months of age. Diagnosed with FHBL at 10 month; treatment with medium chain triglycerides (MCT) led to weight gain and a decrease in steatorrhea. Abnormalities in liver function, micronodular cirrhosis at 30 months, thought to be caused by treatment with MCT, progression to portal hypertension and esophageal varices. Neurologic symptoms stabilized on vitamin E therapy. At age 15, hepatitis A and cholelithiasis. He developed seizures, had a cerebrovascular accident, recurrent massive gastrointestinal hemorrhages, and finally cardiac arrest at the age of 18 (further details in PMID: 4135110).
CasePreviousTesting: No detectable plasma apoB by radial immunodiffusion (PMID: 4135110), Total cholesterol 36 mg/dl, triglyceride 12 mg/dl, no detectable LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol 36 mg/dl at age 15 years. No genetic testing other than APOB sequencing.
CaseGenotypingMethod: See family method
Variant: Compound heterozygous:
Variant 1: NM_000384.2:c.537+1G>T (paternal)
Variant 2: NM_000384.2:c.1315C>T (p.Arg439Ter) (maternal)
ClinVar: N/A
CAID: Variant 1: CA345962364 ; Variant 2: CA052017
gnomAD: Variant 1: Not in gnomAD;<br /> Variant 2: 0.00002640 (Euro non-Finnish)
CasePMIDs: 4135110