Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome: Novel pathogenic variants and new neuroimaging findings.
Mar Jiménez de la PeñaIrene Rincón-PérezSara López-MartínJacobo AlbertDaniel Martín Fernández-MayoralasAna Laura Fernández-PerroneAna Jiménez de DomingoPilar TiradoBeatriz Calleja-PérezJavier PortaSara ÁlvarezAlberto Fernández JaénPublished in: American journal of medical genetics. Part A (2023)
Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome (TBRS) or DNMT3A-overgrowth syndrome is characterized by overgrowth and intellectual disability associated with minor dysmorphic features, obesity, and behavioral problems. It is caused by variants of the DNMT3A gene. We report four patients with this syndrome due to de novo DNMT3A pathogenic variants, contributing to a deeper understanding of the genetic basis and pathophysiology of this autosomal dominant syndrome. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging assessments were also performed. All patients showed corpus callosum anomalies, small posterior fossa, and a deep left Sylvian fissure; as well as asymmetry of the uncinate and arcuate fascicles and marked increased cortical thickness. These results suggest that structural neuroimaging anomalies have been previously overlooked, where corpus callosum and brain tract alterations might be unrecognized neuroimaging traits of TBRS syndrome caused by DNMT3A variants.
Keyphrases
- copy number
- dna methylation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- intellectual disability
- case report
- genome wide
- type diabetes
- autism spectrum disorder
- metabolic syndrome
- mental health
- computed tomography
- ejection fraction
- gene expression
- newly diagnosed
- end stage renal disease
- physical activity
- white matter
- contrast enhanced
- transcription factor
- cerebral ischemia
- diffusion weighted imaging