Affiliation:
1. Pediatric Allergy Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh India
2. Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh India
Abstract
AbstractMonogenic causes are increasingly being recognized in patients with lupus, especially in early‐onset disease. We herein report a boy with a novel mutation in the DNase 2 (DNASE2) gene presenting with monogenic lupus. A 6‐year‐old boy with a global developmental delay with microcephaly presented with chronic febrile illness with anemia, rash, polyarthritis, renal involvement, and hepatosplenomegaly. Laboratory investigations revealed positive antinuclear antibody, high anti‐dsDNA antibody titers, hypocomplementemia, hypergammaglobulinemia, nephrotic range proteinuria, and diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis. Magnetic resonance imaging of brain showed altered signal intensity in subcortical white matter in bilateral fronto‐parieto‐temporal lobes. Targeted next‐generation sequencing revealed a novel pathogenic variant in DNASE2. He was treated with oral prednisolone, mycophenolate mofetil, cyclosporine, and hydroxychloroquine and is doing well on follow up. DNASE2 deficiency has been reported as a rare genetic cause of monogenic lupus. DNASE2 deficiency should be suspected in patients with early‐onset lupus with polyarthritis, erythematous rash, and neurological involvement.