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WD Repeat Domain 1 (WDR1) Deficiency Presenting as a Cause of Infantile Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text ABSTRACT Infantile and very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEOIBD) are a rare phenomenon wherein patients develop intestinal inflammation with typical IBD… Click to show full abstract

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text ABSTRACT Infantile and very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEOIBD) are a rare phenomenon wherein patients develop intestinal inflammation with typical IBD symptoms before ages 2 and 6, respectively. In recent years, there has been an increasing number of monogenetic immunological disorders identified that lead a child to develop VEOIBD. We present a case of an infant boy who presented with hematochezia and thrombocytopenia in the first week of life and developed IBD by the age of 1 month. Additional clues to his diagnosis included lymphopenia and nuclear herniation observed in his neutrophils. Compound heterozygous damaging variants were identified in WD Repeat Domain 1 (WDR1) by whole-exome sequencing (WES) and represents a novel cause of VEOIBD. Our patient's IBD and immunologic phenotype was successfully treated by hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT).

Keywords: domain wdr1; bowel disease; repeat domain; inflammatory bowel

Journal Title: Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Year Published: 2020

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