Global retardation and hereditary spherocytosis associated with a novel deletion of chromosome 8p11.21 encompassing KAT6A and ANK1.

The loss of heterozygosity localized at chromosome segment 8p11.2 causes a contiguous gene syndrome, which mostly combined phenotype of Kallmann syndrome and hereditary spherocytosis. It has been documented that this combined phenotype is in association with both the deletion of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 (FGFR1) and ankyrin 1 (ANK1) genes. Here, we described a 6-year-old girl with microcephaly, global developmental delay, mental retardation, and hereditary spherocytosis, associated with a heterozygous pathogenic microdeletion of 1.9 Mb size at 8p11.21. Molecular analysis confirmed that the identified microdeletion contained two OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man)genes, including ANK1 and lysine acetyltransferase 6 A (KAT6A), but not FGFR1. Therefore, the simultaneous occurrence of mild developmental delay and distinctive facial in this patient was associated with the pathogenic variation of the KAT6A.