O'Brien Marisa A, Culican Susan M, Shinawi Marwan S, Zaidman Craig M
From the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences (M.A.O.), Division of Genetics and Genomic Medicine (M.S.S.), and Division of Pediatric and Developmental Neurology (C.M.Z.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Graduate Medical Education Office (S.M.C.) and Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Neurosciences (S.M.C.), University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.
Neurology. 2024 Dec 10;103(11):e209969. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209969. Epub 2024 Nov 15.
Riboflavin transporter deficiency (RTD), previously referred to as Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere syndrome, is caused by pathogenic variants in the , , or genes, resulting in RTD types 1, 2, and 3, respectively. Researchers estimate an occurrence of approximately 1 in 1,000,000. There is only one case of type 1 described in medical literature. Type 2 is characterized by muscle weakness in the arms and neck, vision loss, hearing impairment, and sensory ataxia. In type 3, vocal cord paralysis is more common and muscle weakness is more generalized. In 2018, we described a case of a 6-year-old girl with RTD type 2 who made remarkable visual recovery after initiation of treatment with oral riboflavin and coenzyme Q10 supplementation. The patient's younger brother began the same treatment regimen after genetic testing confirmed that he carried the same genetic variant. In this report, we update the visual and neurologic status in these siblings 5 years after our initial report and 7.5 years after initiation of riboflavin treatment.
核黄素转运蛋白缺陷症(Riboflavin transporter deficiency,RTD),以前称为 Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere 综合征,是由 、 或 基因中的致病性变异引起的,分别导致 RTD 1 型、2 型和 3 型。研究人员估计其发病率约为 1/100 万。在医学文献中仅描述了 1 例 1 型病例。2 型的特征是手臂和颈部肌肉无力、视力丧失、听力损伤和感觉性共济失调。在 3 型中,声带麻痹更为常见,肌肉无力更为广泛。2018 年,我们描述了一例 6 岁女孩患 RTD 2 型,在开始口服核黄素和辅酶 Q10 补充治疗后视力显著恢复。在基因检测证实其弟弟携带相同的基因突变后,他开始接受相同的治疗方案。在本报告中,我们在初始报告后 5 年和开始核黄素治疗后 7.5 年更新了这些兄弟姐妹的视觉和神经状况。