Congenital hepatic fibrosis in a child with Prader-Willi syndrome: a novel association

Ann Saudi Med. 2014 Jan-Feb;34(1):81-3. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2014.81.

Abstract

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is a rare genetic disorder caused by deletion or unexpression of the chromosome 15 (q 11-13). Symptomatologies include hypotonia, hyperphagia, cognitive impairment, and characteristic dysmorphic profile. Here, we report a 4-year-old boy with PWS who presented with complications of congenital hepatic fibrosis. The uniparental heterodisomy makes it unlikely that the hepatic fibrosis was caused by unmasking of a recessive mutation on the maternal chromosome 15 although we cannot exclude the possibility of a recessively inherited mutation elsewhere given the parental consanguinity. This is the first report of congenital hepatic fibrosis in PWS.

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15 / genetics
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / complications*
  • Genetic Diseases, Inborn / genetics
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / genetics
  • Male
  • Prader-Willi Syndrome / complications*

Supplementary concepts

  • Hepatic Fibrosis, Congenital