Han Jinhee, Song Jin Woo
Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul, 05505, Republic of Korea.
Respir Med Case Rep. 2023 Jan 5;42:101810. doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101810. eCollection 2023.
Dyskeratosis congenita is a rare genetic disorder of telomere insufficiency characterized by a mucocutaneous triad of nail dystrophy, abnormal skin pigmentation, and mucosal leukoplakia. Early diagnosis is important for multidisciplinary approach to its complications including bone marrow failure, malignancy, interstitial lung disease, and liver disease which cause significant morbidity and mortality. We report a genetically confirmed case of dyskeratosis congenita who presented with fibrotic hypersensitivity pneumonitis, highlighting non-mucocutaneous features of dyskeratosis congenita and the need to consider genetic predisposition in a patient with interstitial lung disease and combined unusual manifestations.
先天性角化不良是一种罕见的端粒功能不全的遗传性疾病,其特征为甲营养不良、皮肤色素异常和黏膜白斑组成的黏膜皮肤三联征。早期诊断对于多学科处理其并发症(包括骨髓衰竭、恶性肿瘤、间质性肺疾病和肝脏疾病,这些并发症会导致显著的发病率和死亡率)很重要。我们报告了一例经基因确诊的先天性角化不良病例,该病例表现为纤维化性过敏性肺炎,突出了先天性角化不良的非黏膜皮肤特征以及在患有间质性肺疾病并伴有不寻常合并表现的患者中考虑遗传易感性的必要性。