Sloane Clay, Adele K. Evans, Regina M. Zambrano, Lucien Courtois, Lena Al-Dujaili, Belinda Mantle, Fern Tsien
{"title":"Diagnosing Harboyan syndrome in a patient with multiple variants of uncertain significance (VUS)","authors":"Sloane Clay, Adele K. Evans, Regina M. Zambrano, Lucien Courtois, Lena Al-Dujaili, Belinda Mantle, Fern Tsien","doi":"10.1007/s44162-025-00102-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-025-00102-0","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Purpose Harboyan syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive condition comprised of congenital hereditary endothelial dystrophy (CHED) and progressive, bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) with a typical onset of 10–25 years of age. Homozygous or compound heterozygous pathogenic variants in SLC4A11 cause corneal edema due to increased sodium chloride concentrations and morphologic changes in inner ear fibrocytes leading to CHED and SNHL, respectively. We present a 4-year-old patient, now 10 years old, with CHED and early-onset SNHL, whose clinical diagnosis of Harboyan syndrome was confirmed via molecular testing. Methods Next-generation sequencing (NGS) panels of genes responsible for hearing loss and congenital glaucoma were performed on the patient’s peripheral blood. Follow-up included evaluation by geneticists, ophthalmologists, audiologists, and otolaryngologists, and routine literature reviews for updates on variants of uncertain significance (VUS) reclassification. Results Initial results revealed two candidate genes: SLC4A11 and ADGRV1 . Novel SLC4A11 variants were identified: c.623del (p.Val208Glyfs*14) classified as pathogenic and c.2606 + 1G > A (maternal) classified as VUS. This SLC4A11 VUS was later reclassified to pathogenic, confirming the diagnosis. Conclusions This case report describes a pediatric patient with deafness and blindness whose clinical diagnosis of Harboyan syndrome was confirmed via genotype–phenotype correlations. We recommend patients with multi-sensory disorders be evaluated in a multidisciplinary setting with access to molecular testing so genotype–phenotype correlations may be identified swiftly along with providing anticipatory guidance.","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s44162-025-00102-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147896113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Victor Wakim, Mohammad El Dassouki, Ahlam Azar, Abeer Hani, C. Mehawej, Eliane Chouery, Marie-Jeanne Baroudi, Gerard Wakim
{"title":"Woodhouse-Sakati syndrome: genotype–phenotype review and case of intra-familial heterogeneity","authors":"Victor Wakim, Mohammad El Dassouki, Ahlam Azar, Abeer Hani, C. Mehawej, Eliane Chouery, Marie-Jeanne Baroudi, Gerard Wakim","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00045-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00045-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141810146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacqueline Jacinta Dias, Ankit Gupta, A. K. Shreehari
{"title":"Dental management of Fanconi anemia: a rare congenital disorder","authors":"Jacqueline Jacinta Dias, Ankit Gupta, A. K. Shreehari","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00050-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00050-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"43 2","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141660271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mostafa Neissi, A. Al-Badran, Misagh Mohammadi-Asl, R. Al-Badran, Motahareh Sheikh-Hosseini, Mojdeh Roghani, J. Mohammadi-Asl
{"title":"Clinical and genetic analysis of Niemann-Pick disease type C with a novel NPC1 variant","authors":"Mostafa Neissi, A. Al-Badran, Misagh Mohammadi-Asl, R. Al-Badran, Motahareh Sheikh-Hosseini, Mojdeh Roghani, J. Mohammadi-Asl","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00043-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00043-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"11 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141667934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A rare case report of the Cowden syndrome","authors":"Sayyed Mahiboob, Rajesh Gupta","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00039-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00039-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"4 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141709272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cystinosis — a review of disease pathogenesis, management, and future treatment options","authors":"Lauren Devitt","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00041-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00041-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"117 31","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141362821","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Magali Margaria, Roberto Margaria, Jorgelina Stegmann, Juan Manuel Politei
{"title":"FDrisk as an accessible and user-friendly tool aimed at promoting earlier diagnosis: a complement to clinical suspicion in Fabry disease","authors":"Magali Margaria, Roberto Margaria, Jorgelina Stegmann, Juan Manuel Politei","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00038-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00038-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"19 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141279099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the management of a pediatric female with Möbius syndrome: a case report","authors":"Y. Al-Ajlouni, Maysa Lihaz, Mohammad Islam","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00037-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00037-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"318 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141006781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brief title of the study case report: a case of type II sacral agenesis with no neurogenic dysfunction","authors":"Zuhera Khan, Munazza Saleem","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00035-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00035-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"20 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141036054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bettyna Olivotto, Eliane Djatougbé Akolly, Sarah Cabet, Sacha Flammier, A. Bertholet-Thomas, Aurélie Mul, Justine Bacchetta
{"title":"The effects of burosumab on growth, nephrocalcinosis and cardiovascular outcomes in children with X-linked hypophosphatemia: a single-center experience","authors":"Bettyna Olivotto, Eliane Djatougbé Akolly, Sarah Cabet, Sacha Flammier, A. Bertholet-Thomas, Aurélie Mul, Justine Bacchetta","doi":"10.1007/s44162-024-00034-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44162-024-00034-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":515652,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rare Diseases","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140747770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}