A novel variant in CYFIP2 in a girl with severe disabilities and bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria
: Salokivi Tommi, Parkkola Riitta, Rajendran Yasmin, Bharadwaj Thashi, Acharya Anushree, Leal Suzanne M., Järvelä Irma, Arvio Maria, Schrauwen Isabelle
Publisher: Wiley
: 2023
: American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A
: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A
: 1552-4825
: 1552-4833
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.63478
: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002%2Fajmg.a.63478
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/182384787
Bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria (BPP) is a structural malformation of the cerebral cortex that can be caused by several genetic abnormalities. The most common clinical manifestations of BPP include intellectual disability and epilepsy. Cytoplasmic FMRP-interacting protein 2 (CYFIP2) is a protein that interacts with the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). CYFIP2 variants can cause various brain structural abnormalities with the most common clinical manifestations of intellectual disability, epileptic encephalopathy and dysmorphic features. We present a girl with multiple disabilities and BPP caused by a heterozygous, novel, likely pathogenic variant (c.1651G>C: p.(Val551Leu) in the CYFIP2 gene. Our case report broadens the spectrum of genetic diversity associated with BPP by incorporating CYFIP2.