Journal of medical case reports · 2025
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome) in a Tanzanian girl: a case report.
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Ngowi Elisamia, Osman Rukhsar, Salum Hajaj Mohamed, Bulimba Maria, Godfrey Evance, Shoo Aika Abia, Walli Nahida Z, Ebrahim Mohamedraza, Noorani Mariam, Swai Peter M, Furia Francis F
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BACKGROUND: Hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive autoinflammatory syndrome caused by mevalonate kinase enzyme deficiency. It is characterized by recurrent febrile attacks beginning in the first year of life. Treatment is mainly supportive, and there are successful reports of trials of novel therapies such as anakinra and canakinumab.
CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 3-month-old girl from Tanzania, East Africa, who experienced recurrent febrile attacks, sepsis, and anemia since her first week of life. She also exhibited arthritis, generalized lymphadenopathy, urticaria, dermatitis, and failure to thrive. After multiple hospital admissions for similar symptoms, a diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency was considered and genetic testing revealed two heterozygous-like pathogenic variants in the mevalonate kinase gene.
CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of clinicians in low-resource settings to have a high index of suspicion for primary immunodeficiencies when managing patients with recurrent febrile infections and to consider genetic studies for accurate diagnosis.
CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 3-month-old girl from Tanzania, East Africa, who experienced recurrent febrile attacks, sepsis, and anemia since her first week of life. She also exhibited arthritis, generalized lymphadenopathy, urticaria, dermatitis, and failure to thrive. After multiple hospital admissions for similar symptoms, a diagnosis of primary immunodeficiency was considered and genetic testing revealed two heterozygous-like pathogenic variants in the mevalonate kinase gene.
CONCLUSION: This case highlights the importance of clinicians in low-resource settings to have a high index of suspicion for primary immunodeficiencies when managing patients with recurrent febrile infections and to consider genetic studies for accurate diagnosis.