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Asha Krishnamurthy¹, Anand Verma², Sayan Biswas²

¹Department of Anatomy, Employee's State Insurance Corporation Gulbarga, Gulbarga, India.

Anatomy & Cell Biology

|February 12, 2026

Abstract

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A 3-month-old female infant from South India presented with microphthalmia and features suggestive of primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD). She was born to a third-degree consanguineous couple and showed signs of breathing difficulty at birth, frequent respiratory infections, bilateral microphthalmia, hypertelorism, a flat nasal bridge, rounded lips, crackles in the lungs, and situs inversus. Whole exome sequencing revealed homozygous pathogenic mutations in two genes: a frameshift mutation in Dynein Axonemal Heavy Chain 5 (DNAH5), linked to PCD, and a null mutation in Forkhead Box E3 (FOXE3), associated with eye developmental disorders such as microphthalmia and primary aphakia. FOXE3 encodes a forkhead transcription factor critical for lens development, while DNAH5 is essential for the function of motile cilia. Both variants were classified as pathogenic per American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics guidelines. The recurrence risk was estimated at 25% in future pregnancies and genetic counselling was provided.

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Anterior segment dysgenesis Microphthalmia Mutation Primary ciliary dyskinesia Sclerocornea

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