Maternal Germline Mosaicism of a de Novo TUBB2B Mutation Leads to Complex Cortical Dysplasia in Two Siblings.

Introduction

Complex cortical dysplasia with other brain malformations-7 (a.k.a. polymicrogyria) caused by mutations in TUBB2B gene is a clinically heterogeneous condition. Case report: We report two siblings with polymicrogyria. Brain MRI showed polymicrogyria, small brainstem, thin corpus callosum and fused basal ganglia. Karyotypes and chromosomal microarray analysis were normal. By whole exome sequencing, there were a de novo variant of c.728C > T (p.P243L) in both siblings and a common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (c.718C > T) in both siblings and the mother. Seminal DNA analysis obtained from father was normal.

Conclusion

Maternal germline mosaicism was considered because the sequencing result of the father's sperm was normal, two siblings had the same disease, and both patients and mother had the same SNP.