Patient diagnosed with Wiskott Aldrich and presence of a new mutation

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Wiskott Aldrich syndrome, thrombocytopenia, purple, Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein, X chromosome, mutation.

Abstract

Introduction: Wiskott Aldrich syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency, rarely inherited in a recessive way and linked to the X chromosome. It is associated with variable clinical phenotypes that correlate with the type of mutation present in the Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein.

Objective: Examine the case of a patient diagnosed with Wiskott Aldrich and presence of a mutation not described above.

Case presentation: Male patient whose symptoms began at three months of age, with recurrent respiratory infections, purpuric hemorrhagic lesions such as ecchymosis, eczema and platelettopenia. The diagnosis was confirmed one year of after the symptoms onset with the detection of a mutation not previously described, located in codon 88 of the Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein (p. Y88X; c.264C>G), associated with a classical variant.

Conclusions: Early identification, diagnosis and stratification of the phenotype is essential to reduce unfavorable events and complications of the condition. The genetic study is the mean of definitive diagnostic confirmation for the syndrome, which allows to apply the most appropriate therapeutic protocol for this type of immunodeficiency.

 

 

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Author Biographies

Luis Fabricio Cedeño Velez, Universidad Técnica de Manabí – Ecuador Hospital Oncológico “Dr. Julio Villacreses Colmont” – SOLCA - Manabí

Especialista en Oncohematologia Pediatrica

Eduardo Josué Milian Hernández, Universidad Técnica de Manabí- Ecuador

Departamento Ciencias Especialidades en Salud 

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Jazmín Beatriz Anzules Guerra, Universidad Técnica de Manabí- Ecuador

Departamento Ciencias Especialidades en Salud 

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Ingebord Josephine Veliz Zevallos, Universidad Técnica de Manabí - Ecuador

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Published

2022-03-30

How to Cite

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Cedeño Velez LF, Milian Hernández EJ, Anzules Guerra JB, Veliz Zevallos IJ. Patient diagnosed with Wiskott Aldrich and presence of a new mutation. Rev Cubana Pediatría [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 30 [cited 2025 Jul. 5];94(2). Available from: https://revpediatria.sld.cu/index.php/ped/article/view/1744

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