AUTHOR=Qian Huitao , Zhou Tao , Zheng Nan , Lu Qiulun , Han Yi 

TITLE=Case report: Multiple gastrointestinal perforations in a rare musculocontractural Ehlers–Danlos syndrome with multiple organ dysfunction

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Genetics

VOLUME=13

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.846529

DOI=10.3389/fgene.2022.846529

ISSN=1664-8021

ABSTRACT=<p>A 36-year-old male with congenital equinovarus deformity was admitted to the hospital due to worsen deformity. He was known to have ear perforation in childhood. After hospitalization, he received equinovarus correction surgery, fourth toe osteotomy, and external fixation for right foot during the procedure. During his hospital stay, the patient has been treated with multiple gastrointestinal perorations, accompanied with multiple organ dysfunction and fragile soft tissues. During his in-hospital stay, multiple organ dysfunctions were observed, including the heart, kidney, liver, and intestines. In order to identify the mutation site, whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed, and further verified with Sanger sequencing analysis in this patient. One-site mutation located at <italic>CHST14</italic> [c.883_884del, p (Phe295Cysfs*5)] was identified in this patient, whereas this mutation was not observed in other 100 healthy controls. Also, this variant has not been reported in public databases (ExAC and gnomAD). Our report showed that unanticipated multiple tissue deformation observed the musculocontractural EDS patient was caused by mutation located at <italic>CHST14</italic> [c.883_884del, p (Phe295Cysfs*5)] induced truncated CHST14 protein.</p>