Abstract
Alveolar capillary dysplasia (ACD) is a rare and lethal cause of hypoxic respiratory failure in the neonate. Here we describe a term neonate with ACD that was found with a previously unreported p.Arg86Pro mutation in the FOXF1 (Forkhead Box-F1) gene and coexisting congenital anomalies, including colobomas of the iris and hemihyperplasia. This unique clinical presentation may indicate a novel, yet unconfirmed disease association for mutations in the FOXF1 gene. Rapid mutation analysis in FOXF1 may provide noninvasive early confirmation of ACD in neonates with respiratory failure and can aid in clinical decision making.
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We thank the family of this patient for consenting to this publication and Baylor College of Medicine’s Medical Genetics Laboratories for expediting the clinical confirmation of the genotype for this patient. We also thank the DNA-sequencing laboratory of the HMGC at the Medical College of Wisconsin for providing rapid DNA sequencing on a research basis, which provided concurrent results in <1 week.
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Geddes, G., Dimmock, D., Hehir, D. et al. A novel FOXF1 mutation associated with alveolar capillary dysplasia and coexisting colobomas and hemihyperplasia. J Perinatol 35, 155–157 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2014.187
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