Khera Sanjeev, Pramanik Suman Kumar, Patnaik Saroj Kumar
Pediatrics, Army Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi, India
Hematology, Army Hospital Research and Referral, New Delhi, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Oct 30;12(10):e232319. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232319.
Transcobalamin (TC) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive inborn error of cobalamin transport which clinically manifests in early infancy. We describe a child with TC deficiency who presented with classical clinical and lab stigmata of inborn error of vitamin B metabolism except normal serum B levels. He was started on empirical parenteral cobalamin supplements at 2 months of age; however, the definitive diagnosis could only be established at 6 years of age when a genetic evaluation revealed homozygous nonsense variation in exon 8 of the TCN2 gene (chr22:g.31019043C>T).
转钴胺素(TC)缺乏症是一种罕见的常染色体隐性遗传性钴胺素转运先天性代谢缺陷病,临床症状在婴儿早期出现。我们描述了一名患有TC缺乏症的儿童,除血清维生素B水平正常外,该患儿表现出维生素B代谢先天性缺陷的典型临床和实验室特征。患儿在2个月大时开始接受经验性肠外钴胺素补充治疗;然而,直到6岁时进行基因评估发现TCN2基因(chr22:g.31019043C>T)第8外显子存在纯合无义变异,才得以确诊。