Fabry disease in a patient with Turner syndrome

J Inherit Metab Dis. 2009 Dec:32 Suppl 1:S45-8. doi: 10.1007/s10545-009-1035-x. Epub 2009 Apr 5.

Abstract

We report a unique case with co-occurrence of Turner syndrome and Fabry disease (OMIM #301500). The latter is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disease that is characterized by partial or complete deficiency of alpha-galactosidase A (GLA; EC 3.2.1.22) following mutations in the gene (GLA) localized at Xq22.1. Accumulation of metabolic intermediates can occur in many tissues and leads to severe morbidity, especially due to renal failure, cardiac involvement and stroke. It is well established that hemizygous male mutation carriers with Fabry disease are generally more severely affected than heterozygous female mutation carriers, but disabling clinical features and disease progression often occur in female Fabry patients as well. The majority of this patient's cells are of the 45,X type, making her a hemizygous GLA mutation carrier displaying a very severe Fabry disease phenotype.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Base Sequence
  • Brain / pathology
  • Chromosomes, Human, X / genetics
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Exons
  • Fabry Disease / complications*
  • Fabry Disease / enzymology
  • Fabry Disease / genetics*
  • Fabry Disease / pathology
  • Female
  • Hemizygote
  • Humans
  • Karyotype
  • Male
  • Mosaicism
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Phenotype
  • Skin / pathology
  • Turner Syndrome / complications*
  • Turner Syndrome / genetics*
  • Young Adult
  • alpha-Galactosidase / blood
  • alpha-Galactosidase / genetics*

Substances

  • GLA protein, human
  • alpha-Galactosidase