Objective: to report the first case series of Brazilian children diagnosed with Kleefstra syndrome, present a possible phenotype expansion to the syndrome and to raise physicians' awareness for this rare disease.
Results: seven patients with confirmed KS were evaluated, including 5 males and 2 females. Abnormal prenatal findings were observed in 4 patients. Most patients were born at term, with normal birth measurements. All patients had neurodevelopmental delay and 6 evolved with intellectual disability. Hearing loss was present in 57.1% of patients and 28.7% had congenital heart disease. In males, cryptorchidism was present in 75%. Despite the facial dysmorphisms, only 2 out of 7 patients had a pre-test clinical suspicion of KS. One specific patient presented bilateral agenesis of the semicircular canals, a very rare ear manifestation in Kleefstra syndrome, representing a possible phenotype expansion of the syndrome.
Conclusion: this report aims to promote awareness among physicians evaluating patients in a context of neurodevelopmental delay or congenital malformations, especially congenital heart defects. We also highlight a possible phenotype expansion of the syndrome, with a case of semicircular anomaly, not reported in this syndrome so far.
Keywords: 9q34.3 microdeletion; Agenesis of the semicircular canals; EHMT1; Kleefstra syndrome.
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