Report of a Second Lebanese Family with Basel-Vanagaite-Smirin-Yosef Syndrome: Possible Founder Mutation
- 28 June 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Molecular Syndromology
- Vol. 10 (4), 219-222
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000501114
Abstract
Basel-Vanagaite-Smirin-Yosef syndrome (OMIM 616449) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by severe developmental delay and variable craniofacial, neurological, cardiac, and ocular anomalies in the presence of variants in the MED25 gene. So far, only a handful of patients have been reported with this condition globally. Here, we report an additional Lebanese family with 2 affected siblings presenting with severely delayed psychomotor and language development as well as craniofacial anomalies. By whole-exome sequencing (WES), a homozygous variant was found in the MED25 gene, c.518T>C, predicted to result in a p.Ile173Thr change in the MED25 protein. This change has recently been reported in another Lebanese family. Review of the literature, the importance of this mutation in the Lebanese population, and the possibility that this condition may be underdiagnosed and only effectively detected using molecular techniques such as WES are discussed.Keywords
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