Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports

Case Report Volume 1 Issue 10

PNPLA 8 Mutation in Mitochondrial Disease: Second Case Worldwide

Fatima Harmouch1, Nour Chahine2, Rolla Shbaro3 and Chadi Al Alam4*

1Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon
2Beirut Arab University, Beirut, Lebanon
3American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
4Haykel Hospital, Lebanon

*Corresponding Author: Chadi Al Alam, Haykel Hospital, Lebanon.

Received: September 24, 2020; Published: October 13, 2020

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Abstract

  Mitochondrial myopathies are a group of neuromuscular diseases caused by an altered function of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation with an onset starting before the age of 20. Herein, we report a case of a 6 months old girl with a remarkable neonatal history of microcephaly and seizures refractory to antiepileptic drugs who presented to our clinic for abnormal right-side tonic and clonic movements with focal mouth twitching and global neurologic delay. An electroencephalogram showed left sharp waves and generalized spikes; brain. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was significant for lissencephaly and incomplete left temporal lobe. Whole exome sequencing showed a homozygous pathogenic variant in the PNPLA8 gene and this finding was consistent with the genetic diagnosis of an autosomal recessive mitochondrial myopathy with lactic acidosis.

Keywords: Mitochondrial Myopathies; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); PNPLA 8 Mutation

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Citation

Citation: Chadi Al Alam., et al. “PNPLA 8 Mutation in Mitochondrial Disease: Second Case Worldwide". Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 1.10 (2020): 19-21.




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