Institute for Advanced Study (IUSS), Pavia, Italy.
Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Cerebellum. 2024 Aug;23(4):1736-1740. doi: 10.1007/s12311-024-01661-6. Epub 2024 Feb 9.
KBG syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by heterozygous pathogenic variants in ANKRD11. Affected individuals have developmental delay, short stature, characteristic facial features, and other dysmorphic findings. To date, a spectrum of unspecific neuroradiological defects has been reported in KBG patients, such as cortical defects, white matter abnormalities, corpus callosum, and cerebellar vermis hypoplasia.Deep clinical and neuroradiological phenotyping and genotype of a patient presenting with mild cognitive and behavioral problems were obtained after written informed consent.We herein describe the first KBG patient presenting with cerebellar heterotopia, a heterogeneous malformation characterized by the presence of clusters of neurons within the white matter of cerebellar hemispheres.This novel association broadens the neuroradiological spectrum of KBG syndrome, and further prompts to investigate the potential functions of ANKRD11 in cerebellar development.
KBG 综合征是一种由 ANKRD11 中的杂合致病性变异引起的罕见遗传疾病。受影响的个体有发育迟缓、身材矮小、特征性面部特征和其他畸形表现。迄今为止,在 KBG 患者中已经报道了一系列非特异性神经影像学缺陷,如皮质缺陷、白质异常、胼胝体和小脑蚓部发育不良。在获得书面知情同意后,我们对一名表现出轻度认知和行为问题的患者进行了深入的临床和神经影像学表型和基因型分析。本文描述了首例表现为小脑异位的 KBG 患者,小脑异位是一种异质性畸形,其特征是小脑半球白质内存在神经元簇。这种新的关联拓宽了 KBG 综合征的神经影像学谱,并进一步促使研究 ANKRD11 在小脑发育中的潜在功能。