Incidental finding of a
Ethics
Genetic screening / counselling
Genetics
Ophthalmology
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 Oct 2024
11 Oct 2024
Historique:
medline:
13
10
2024
pubmed:
13
10
2024
entrez:
12
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A male patient in his 20s with a history of bilateral congenital cataracts and nystagmus presented to the genetic eye disease clinic at Moorfields Eye Hospital to enquire about genetic testing for family decision-making and access to preimplantation genetic testing. He had a history of lensectomy with best-corrected visual acuities of logMAR 0.60 and 1.00 in the right and left eye. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was conducted, which included targeted analysis of a panel of 115 lens-related genes and incidental findings, for which patients are unable to opt-out. Genetic testing identified the causative variant c.134T>C (p.Leu45Pro) in the
Identifiants
pubmed: 39395831
pii: 17/10/e260755
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-260755
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
BRCA2 Protein
0
BRCA2 protein, human
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2024. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.