Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome
Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most frequent clinical manifestations of patients who suffer with multi-systemic genetic disorders. HL in association with other physical stigmata is referred to as a syndromic form of HL. LEOPARD syndrome (LS) is one of the disorders with syndromic HL and it is cause...
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doaj-559229e91136467ebcaa460d4a42e5492020-11-24T22:08:01ZengKorean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck SurgeryClinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology1976-87102005-07202013-06-01629910210.3342/ceo.2013.6.2.99279Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD SyndromeHo-Suk Chu0Hae-Sun Chung1Moon-Hee Ko2Hee-Jin Kim3Chang-Seok Ki4Won-Ho Chung5Yang-Sun Cho6Sung Hwa Hong7Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Laboratory Medicine & Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Laboratory Medicine & Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Laboratory Medicine & Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most frequent clinical manifestations of patients who suffer with multi-systemic genetic disorders. HL in association with other physical stigmata is referred to as a syndromic form of HL. LEOPARD syndrome (LS) is one of the disorders with syndromic HL and it is caused by a mutation in the PTPN11 or RAF1 gene. In general, 5 year old children who undergo cochlear implantation usually show a marked change in behavior regarding sound detection within the first 6 months of implant use, but word identification may not be exhibited for at least another 6-12 months of implant use. We herein report on a 5-year-old girl with LS. Her clinical manifestations including bilateral sensorineural HL, which indicated the diagnosis of LS. We confirmed the diagnosis by identifying a disease-causing mutation in the PTPN11 gene, which was a heterozygous missense mutation Ala461Thr (c.1381G>A). She underwent cochlear implantation (CI) without complications and she is currently on regular follow-up at postoperative 1 year. This is the first reported case of CI in a patient with LS in the medical literature.http://www.e-ceo.org/upload/pdf/ceo-6-99.pdfLEOPARD syndromeMutationCochlear implantation |
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Ho-Suk Chu Hae-Sun Chung Moon-Hee Ko Hee-Jin Kim Chang-Seok Ki Won-Ho Chung Yang-Sun Cho Sung Hwa Hong Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology LEOPARD syndrome Mutation Cochlear implantation |
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Ho-Suk Chu Hae-Sun Chung Moon-Hee Ko Hee-Jin Kim Chang-Seok Ki Won-Ho Chung Yang-Sun Cho Sung Hwa Hong |
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Ho-Suk Chu |
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Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome |
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Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome |
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Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome |
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Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome |
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Syndromic Hearing Loss in Association with -Related Disorder: The Experience of Cochlear Implantation in a Child with LEOPARD Syndrome |
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syndromic hearing loss in association with -related disorder: the experience of cochlear implantation in a child with leopard syndrome |
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Korean Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery |
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Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology |
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1976-8710 2005-0720 |
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2013-06-01 |
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Hearing loss (HL) is one of the most frequent clinical manifestations of patients who suffer with multi-systemic genetic disorders. HL in association with other physical stigmata is referred to as a syndromic form of HL. LEOPARD syndrome (LS) is one of the disorders with syndromic HL and it is caused by a mutation in the PTPN11 or RAF1 gene. In general, 5 year old children who undergo cochlear implantation usually show a marked change in behavior regarding sound detection within the first 6 months of implant use, but word identification may not be exhibited for at least another 6-12 months of implant use. We herein report on a 5-year-old girl with LS. Her clinical manifestations including bilateral sensorineural HL, which indicated the diagnosis of LS. We confirmed the diagnosis by identifying a disease-causing mutation in the PTPN11 gene, which was a heterozygous missense mutation Ala461Thr (c.1381G>A). She underwent cochlear implantation (CI) without complications and she is currently on regular follow-up at postoperative 1 year. This is the first reported case of CI in a patient with LS in the medical literature. |
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LEOPARD syndrome Mutation Cochlear implantation |
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