Novel Mutation in the <i>HSD17B10</i> Gene Accompanied by Dysmorphic Findings in Female Patients

Abstract

<b><i>Introduction:</i></b> Hydroxysteroid 17-beta dehydrogenase type 10 (HSD10) protein is a mitochondrial enzyme. Multisystemic involvement occurs in HSD10 deficiency as in other mitochondrial diseases. HSD10 deficiency (disease) is rare. Less than 40 index cases have been reported so far. A female patient is even rarer because of X-linked transmission. Five index female cases have been reported. <b><i>Case Presentation:</i></b> We report a three-year-old female patient who was investigated due to microcephaly and global developmental delay. She had significant dysmorphic findings. The tiglylglycine peak was detected in urinary organic acid analysis. Other metabolic investigations and laboratory tests were unremarkable. Mild cerebral atrophy, mild ventricular dilation, thin corpus callosum, and an increase in T2 signal in the globus pallidus were revealed at brain magnetic resonance imaging. Heterozygous novel mutation in the <i>HSD17B10</i> gene was found by whole-exome sequencing (WES) analysis. We started isoleucine-restricted diet and a “cocktail” of the mitochondrial vitamin. <b><i>Discussion/Conclusion:</i></b> We will see HSD10 disease patients more frequently with the increasing use of WES and genetic panels. Thus, different findings and phenotypes of the HSD10 disease will be revealed.