Rare TBX4 Variant Causing Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension With Small Patella Syndrome in an Adult Man.

ABSTRACT: Small patella syndrome presents with small or absent patellae and may result in pulmonary arterial hypertension, typically in children. A pathogenic canonical splice site variant, c.1021+1G>A in the T-box transcription factor 4 (TBX4) gene, currently not included in commercial gene panel, was detected in an adult with pulmonary arterial hypertension and absent patellae. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).

SUBMITTER: Shrivastava S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8446047 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature