Background: Trichothiodystrophy (TTD) is a rare, autosomal recessive, multisystem disorder most commonly caused by variants in ERCC2. Case presentation: Here, we describe the first Chinese patient with a novel variant in ERCC2. A male infant, who was born to a healthy non-consanguineous couple, exhibited brittle hair, hair loss ichthyosis, eczema, retinal pigmentation and hypospadias. He carried a novel heterozygous ERCC2 variant. The maternal variant (c.2191-18_2213del) is a previous described genomic deletion that affects the splicing of intron 22. The paternal variant (c.1666-1G > A), that occurs in the splice site of intron 17 and likely alters ERCC2 gene function through aberrant splicing, has not been reported previously. Conclusions: Our case reported a novel pathogenic variant in ERCC2, which expanded the known genetic variants associated with TTD.
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Chen, J. D., Liao, W. D., Wen, L. Y., & Zhong, R. H. (2021). Novel ERCC2 variant in trichothiodystrophy infant: the first case report in China. BMC Pediatrics, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-021-02585-4
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