Abstract
A 69-year-old woman presented with mild renal dysfunction, proteinuria, and sensorineural hearing loss. A renal biopsy showed focal segmental glomerulosclerosis with thinning of the glomerular basement membrane. There was a positive family history of end-stage kidney disease and hearing loss. Although Alport syndrome was suspected from these features, a genetic test using next-generation sequencer identified a novel missense mutation in LMX1B, c.655C>G: p.(Pro219Ala). In silico analyses predicted the pathogenicity of the mutation. Thus, the present case was diagnosed as LMX1B-associated nephropathy presenting with Alport syndrome-like phenotype, expanding the disease spectrum of LMX1B nephropathy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2991-2996 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Internal Medicine |
Volume | 60 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Alport syndrome
- Hereditary nephropathy
- LMX1B
- Nail-patella syndrome