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Cerebellar Regional Dissection for Molecular Analysis
Published on: December 5, 2020
Different patterns of cerebellar abnormality and hypomyelination between POLR3A and POLR3B mutations
Jun-ichi Takanashi1, Hitoshi Osaka2, Hirotomo Saitsu3
1Department of Pediatrics, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa, Japan; Department of Radiology, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Japan.
Background:
Mutations of POLR3A and POLR3B have been reported to cause several allelic hypomyelinating disorders, including hypomyelination with hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypodontia (4H syndrome).
Patients And Methods:
To clarify the difference in MRI between the two genotypes, we reviewed MRI in three patients with POLR3B mutations, and three with POLR3A mutations.
Results:
Though small cerebellar hemispheres and vermis are common MRI findings with both types of mutations, MRI in patients with POLR3B mutations revealed smaller cerebellar structures, especially vermis, than those in POLR3A mutations. MRI also showed milder hypomyelination in patients with POLR3B mutations than those with POLR3A mutations, which might explain milder clinical manifestations.
Conclusions:
MRI findings are distinct between patients with POLR3A and 3B mutations, and can provide important clues for the diagnosis, as these patients sometimes have no clinical symptoms suggesting 4H syndrome.
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