Clinical and molecular findings in a family with the carbonic anhydrase II deficiency syndrome

Pediatr Nephrol. 2006 Mar;21(3):423-6. doi: 10.1007/s00467-005-2125-0. Epub 2005 Dec 29.

Abstract

Carbonic anhydrase II (CA2) deficiency syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder leading to osteopetrosis, renal tubular acidosis, and cerebral calcifications. Affected members of an Arab family with the CA2 deficiency syndrome carried the "Egyptian mutation" in CA2, i.e., c.191 del A, H64fsX90. One affected member, homozygote for the mutation, developed primary pulmonary hypertension. Primary pulmonary hypertension was never described before in patients with this unique syndrome. The likelihood of both occurring randomly in a single individual is very low. We therefore speculate that there might be a possibility of an etiologic link between these entities.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acidosis, Renal Tubular / diagnosis*
  • Acidosis, Renal Tubular / enzymology
  • Acidosis, Renal Tubular / genetics
  • Brain Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Brain Diseases / enzymology
  • Brain Diseases / genetics
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis*
  • Calcinosis / enzymology
  • Calcinosis / genetics
  • Carbonic Anhydrase II / deficiency*
  • Carbonic Anhydrase II / genetics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / genetics
  • Infant
  • Intellectual Disability / enzymology
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Osteopetrosis / diagnosis*
  • Osteopetrosis / enzymology
  • Osteopetrosis / genetics
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Carbonic Anhydrase II