Erschienen in:
01.03.2009 | Original Paper
Clinical and molecular genetic findings in a 6-year-old Bosnian boy with triple A syndrome
verfasst von:
Alma Toromanovic, Husref Tahirovic, Tatjana Milenkovic, Katrin Koehler, Barbara Kind, Dragan Zdravkovic, Mensuda Hasanhodzic, Angela Huebner
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Pediatrics
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Ausgabe 3/2009
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Abstract
The triple A syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease that is characterised by the triad of adrenocorticotropin (ACTH)-resistant adrenal insufficiency, achalasia and alacrima. In most patients, neurological and dermatological abnormalities are associated features. We report on the first Bosnian patient with triple A syndrome. Endocrine investigation confirmed primary adrenal insufficiency at the age of 5.8 years. Two months lather, achalasia was diagnosed, and in the presence of alacrima, the patient satisfies the diagnostic criteria of triple A syndrome. In addition, a large number of associated neurological and dermatological features were present in this patient. Moreover, he has dysmorphic facial features, which have not been previously described in triple A syndrome. Triple A syndrome was confirmed by molecular analysis, revealing a nonsense mutation p.W84X in the AAAS gene. The parents are both heterozygous carriers of the mutation. The affected twin brother unfortunately died from hypoglycaemic shock, despite a normal cortisol rise in an ACTH stimulation test. Further, triple A syndrome patients carrying the identical homozygous p.W84X mutation have to be studied to assess a genotype–phenotype relationship for this mutation.