The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 2009 , Vol 51 , Num 3
Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia: early diagnosis may be effective in preventing deafness
Departments of Pediatrics, Bakırköy Training Hospital1,İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Turkey2, Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diabetes mellitus, megaloblastic anemia and sensorineural hearing loss. Mutations in the SLC19A2 gene, encoding a high-affinity thiamine transporter protein, THTR-1, are responsible for the clinical features associated with thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome in which treatment with pharmacological doses of thiamine correct the megaloblastic anemia and diabetes mellitus. The anemia can recur when thiamine is withdrawn. Thiamine may be effective in preventing deafness if started before two months. Our patient was found homozygous for a mutation, 242insA, in the nucleic acid sequence of exon B, with insertion of an adenine introducing a stop codon at codon 52 in the high-affinity thiamine transporter gene, SLC19A2, on chromosome 1q23.3. Keywords : thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia, diabetes mellitus, deafness.
Copyright © 2016 turkishjournalpediatrics.org