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  • Unexpected Findings in a Ch...
    Seaby, Eleanor G; Gilbert, Rodney D; Andreoletti, Gaia; Pengelly, Reuben J; Mercer, Catherine; Hunt, David; Ennis, Sarah

    Frontiers in pediatrics, 05/2017, Letnik: 5
    Journal Article

    is a tumor suppressor gene on chromosome 11 encoding a multivalent adaptor protein with E3 ubiquitin ligase activity. Germline mutations are dominant. Pathogenic mutations result in a phenotype that overlaps Noonan syndrome (1). Some patients with mutations go on to develop juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), an aggressive malignancy that usually necessitates bone marrow transplantation. Using whole exome sequencing methods, we identified a known mutation in in a 4-year-old Caucasian boy with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, moyamoya phenomenon, and dysmorphology consistent with a mild Noonan-like phenotype. Exome data revealed loss of heterozygosity across chromosome 11q consistent with JMML but in the absence of clinical leukemia. Our finding challenges conventional clinical diagnostics since we have identified a pathogenic variant in the gene previously only ascertained in children presenting with leukemia. The increasing affordability of expansive sequencing is likely to increase the scope of clinical profiles observed for previously identified pathogenic variants and calls into question the interpretability and indications for clinical management.