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The Expanding MEGDEL Phenotype: Optic Nerve Atrophy, Microcephaly, and Myoclonic Epilepsy in a Child with SERAC1 Mutations.

PMID 24997715 | PMCID PMC4221303 | DOI 10.1007/8904_2014_322 · JIMD reports · 2014 · View on PubMed ↗

The inborn errors of metabolism associated with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria are a diverse group of disorders characterized by the excretion of 3-methylglutaconic and 3-methylglutaric acids in the urine. Mutations in several genes have been identified in association with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. We describe a patient of Saudi Arabian descent with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, sensorineural hearing loss, encephalopathy, and Leigh-like pattern on MRI (MEGDEL syndrome), as well as developmental delay and developmental regression, bilateral optic nerve atrophy, microcephaly, and myoclonic epilepsy. The patient had an earlier age of onset of optic atrophy than previously described in other MEGDEL syndrome patients. Whole exome sequencing revealed two loss-of-function mutations in SERAC1 in trans: c.438delC (p.T147Rfs*22) and c.442C>T (p.R148X), confirmed by Sanger sequencing. One of these mutations is novel (c.438delC). This case contributes to refining the MEGDEL phenotype.

Validated evidence

TypeEntitySource evidenceConfidenceExtractor
geneSERAC1“The Expanding MEGDEL Phenotype: Optic Nerve Atrophy, Microcephaly, and Myoclonic Epilepsy in a Child with SERAC1 Mutations.”0.98hgnc_dict_v1
phenotypeepilepsy“The Expanding MEGDEL Phenotype: Optic Nerve Atrophy, Microcephaly, and Myoclonic Epilepsy in a Child with SERAC1 Mutations.”0.98phenotype_alias_lexicon_v2
phenotypedevelopmental delay“We describe a patient of Saudi Arabian descent with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, sensorineural hearing loss, encephalopathy, and Leigh-like pattern on MRI (MEGDEL syndrome), as well as developmental delay and developmental regression, bilateral optic nerve atrophy, microcephaly, and myoclonic epilepsy.”0.98phenotype_alias_lexicon_v2
phenotypehearing loss“We describe a patient of Saudi Arabian descent with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, sensorineural hearing loss, encephalopathy, and Leigh-like pattern on MRI (MEGDEL syndrome), as well as developmental delay and developmental regression, bilateral optic nerve atrophy, microcephaly, and myoclonic epilepsy.”0.98phenotype_alias_lexicon_v2
phenotypeinborn error of metabolism“The inborn errors of metabolism associated with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria are a diverse group of disorders characterized by the excretion of 3-methylglutaconic and 3-methylglutaric acids in the urine.”0.93phenotype_alias_lexicon_v2
populationSaudi Arabia“We describe a patient of Saudi Arabian descent with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, sensorineural hearing loss, encephalopathy, and Leigh-like pattern on MRI (MEGDEL syndrome), as well as developmental delay and developmental regression, bilateral optic nerve atrophy, microcephaly, and myoclonic epilepsy.”0.95saudi_context_rules_v1
variantc.438delC“Whole exome sequencing revealed two loss-of-function mutations in SERAC1 in trans: c.438delC (p.T147Rfs*22) and c.442C>T (p.R148X), confirmed by Sanger sequencing.”0.95hgvs_regex_v1
variantp.T147Rfs“Whole exome sequencing revealed two loss-of-function mutations in SERAC1 in trans: c.438delC (p.T147Rfs*22) and c.442C>T (p.R148X), confirmed by Sanger sequencing.”0.95hgvs_regex_v1
variantc.442C>T“Whole exome sequencing revealed two loss-of-function mutations in SERAC1 in trans: c.438delC (p.T147Rfs*22) and c.442C>T (p.R148X), confirmed by Sanger sequencing.”0.95hgvs_regex_v1
variantp.R148X“Whole exome sequencing revealed two loss-of-function mutations in SERAC1 in trans: c.438delC (p.T147Rfs*22) and c.442C>T (p.R148X), confirmed by Sanger sequencing.”0.95hgvs_regex_v1