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Published on: February 15, 2022
Uveitis, glaucoma, and cataract with mevalonate kinase deficiency
Nidhi Agarwal1, Mihir Kothari1
1Department of Pediatric Ophthalmology, Jyotirmay Eye Clinic for Children and Adult Squint and Ocular Motility Laboratory, Thane, Maharashtra, India.
Abstract:
We report 7 years of follow-up data on ocular findings in a 2-month-old boy who presented with early-onset bilateral granulomatous panuveitis with subsequent development of secondary glaucoma and total cataract, along with multisystem involvement. He was diagnosed with mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD), with a homozygous missense variant in exon-6 of the mevalonate kinase (MVK) gene on chromosome-12 that resulted in the substitution of aspartic acid for asparagine at codon 205 (p.Asn205Asp). Despite being managed with topical/systemic steroids and immunosuppression therapy with methotrexate and a short course of adalimumab, the patient continued to develop recurrent episodes of uveitis along with multisystem manifestations. The occurrence of early-onset uveitis is rare, as is the diagnosis of MKD.
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