Wei Shin Chou, Yu Ming Shiao, Jia Shing Chen, Ju Chin Tsauer, Yi Fen Chang, Yen-Hui Chiu, Ching Hua Hsiao
Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology 2022 MayTo precision survey a fetal congenital primary aphakia molecular etiology. A case of 42 years old pregnancy woman prenatal diagnostic examination by amniocentesis conducted at 17 weeks' gestation and demonstrated a normal female karyotype. Trio studies based on chromosome microarray analysis (CMA) and Sanger's genetic analysis did not detect a pathologic variant of the FOXE3 gene. Fetal congenital primary aphakia accompanied with microphthalmia detected by sonography in the second trimester (22 weeks). MRI indicated bilateral absence of the lenses, consistent with primary congenital aphakia. Due to the poor prognosis of congenital aphakia, the parents decided to terminate the fetus and provided consent for an autopsy. Pathological analysis revealed dysplasia of the anterior segment of both eyes. However, post fetal mortem extended trio whole exon sequencing (WES) and Sanger's genetic analysis identified compound heterozygous variants in the chromosomal location 2p25.3 in the PXDN gene. Extended whole exon sequencing is an important tool to study primary congenital aphakia. Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.
Wei Shin Chou, Yu Ming Shiao, Jia Shing Chen, Ju Chin Tsauer, Yi Fen Chang, Yen-Hui Chiu, Ching Hua Hsiao. Novel prenatally diagnosed compound heterozygous PXDN variants in fetal congenital primary aphakia and blepharophimosis. Taiwanese journal of obstetrics & gynecology. 2022 May;61(3):510-513
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