A young boy with rash, arthritis, and developmental delay : Monogenic lupus due to DNASE2 gene defect

© 2023 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

Monogenic causes are increasingly being recognized in patients with lupus, especially in early-onset disease. We herein report a boy with a novel mutation in the DNase 2 (DNASE2) gene presenting with monogenic lupus. A 6-year-old boy with a global developmental delay with microcephaly presented with chronic febrile illness with anemia, rash, polyarthritis, renal involvement, and hepatosplenomegaly. Laboratory investigations revealed positive antinuclear antibody, high anti-dsDNA antibody titers, hypocomplementemia, hypergammaglobulinemia, nephrotic range proteinuria, and diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. Magnetic resonance imaging of brain showed altered signal intensity in subcortical white matter in bilateral fronto-parieto-temporal lobes. Targeted next-generation sequencing revealed a novel pathogenic variant in DNASE2. He was treated with oral prednisolone, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporine, and hydroxychloroquine and is doing well on follow up. DNASE2 deficiency has been reported as a rare genetic cause of monogenic lupus. DNASE2 deficiency should be suspected in patients with early-onset lupus with polyarthritis, erythematous rash, and neurological involvement.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

International journal of rheumatic diseases - 26(2023), 12 vom: 11. Dez., Seite 2599-2602

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Basu, Suprit [VerfasserIn]
Sil, Archan [VerfasserIn]
Jindal, Ankur Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Tyagi, Rahul [VerfasserIn]
Arafath, Mohamed Yaser [VerfasserIn]
Vyas, Sameer [VerfasserIn]
Rawat, Amit [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9PHQ9Y1OLM
Case Reports
DNASE2 mutation
Developmental delay
HU9DX48N0T
Letter
Monogenic lupus
Mycophenolic Acid
Polyarthritis
Prednisolone
Rash

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 04.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/1756-185X.14826

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359326943