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Karen Meir1, Yakov Fellig, Vardiella Meiner
1Perinatal Pathology Unit, Department of Pathology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel. karenm@hadassah.or.il
Abstract:
Antenatal presentation of carnitine palmitoyltransferase type II deficiency due to mutations in the CPT2 gene has been rarely reported. We report an Ashkenazi Jewish family with 3 terminated pregnancies for multicystic kidneys and/or hydrocephalus. Fetal autopsy after termination of the couple's 4th pregnancy (sib 2) showed renal parenchyma replaced by cysts that appeared to increase in diameter toward the medulla. Fetopsy after termination of the 7th pregnancy (sib 3) revealed micrognathia; hypospadias; cystic renal dysplasia; hepatosteatosis; and lipid accumulation in the renal tubular epithelium, myocardium, and skeletal muscle. Microvascular proliferative changes and focal polymicrogyria were seen in the brain. A beta-oxidative enzyme deficiency was suspected. CPT2 gene analysis showed a homozygous complex haplotype for the F448L mutation associated with a c.del1238_1239AG (p.Q413fs) truncating mutation in exon 4. Carnitine palmitoyltransferase type II deficiency should be included in the differential diagnosis in fetuses of Ashkenazi origin with multicystic kidneys and unusual cerebral findings.
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