1.Identification of STS gene mutation in patient with hereditary ichthyosis
Purevdorj M ; Udval U ; Davaadulam E ; Purevbuyan B ; Sarangerel N ; Purevdorj I
Innovation 2020;14(1):28-31
Background:
The ichthyosis is a hereditary skin disease and inherited by autosomal dominant,
autosomal recessive and X recessive trait separately. The X-linked ichthyosis (XLI) is the most
frequent cutaneous disease and general incidence accounts for one in 2000-5000 male births.
Molecular pathogenesis of XLI is due to mutations, which are large deletion, missense, frame shift
and nonsense in STS gene. The vast majority of mutation frequency is a large deletion, which are
found in 85-90% of patients with XLI. An exon deletion of the STS can be detected by Polymerase
chain reaction with exon specific primers. An identification of STS gene mutation has various
importance such as 1) detection of mutation type; 2) for genetic counselling, 3) disease severity,
4) carrier detection.
Methods:
In the present study, pedigree analysis was used for type of inheritance, and Polymerase
chain reaction was used to detect a deletion in STS gene and normal control used. A deletion was
identified in case PCR bands were not visualized in agarose gels.
Results:
We included one patient, who had typical symptoms of XLI including dark, adherent
scales on skin. Mutation analysis of the STS gene showed that the patient had whole gene deletion
(del: Exon 1-10), which was demonstrated by the repeated amplification failure of exons. We used
a sample of healthy man as a wild type control, which showed normal amplification of STS gene’s
exons. Further, the current study will be focused on the screening of heterozygote large deletion
of Del: Exon1-10 of STS gene among patient’s female relatives.
Conclusion
An ichthyosis case enrolled in this study was inherited by X-recessive and we
identified whole exon deletion of STS gene in this patient.
2.Ischemic polypectomy for small bowel polyps in pediatric Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
Ulzii D ; Sarantuya G ; Sainzaya B ; Sarangerel U ; Khishigt N ; Byambajav Ts ; Enkhjin B ; Tsevelnorov Kh
Mongolian Journal of Health Sciences 2025;87(3):35-39
Backround
Peutz–Jeghers (PJ) syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder
characterized by a mucocutaneous pigmentationon on oral mucosa and
multiple hamartomatous polyps located in the digestive tract except esophagus.
PJ syndrome can be diagnosed in early childhood by a characteristic pigmentation
and family history of polyposis. However, it is often diagnosed first
as a polyp in the small intestine that causes obstruction and intussusception
and is often treated with a bowel resection. If diagnosed in young childhood,
an effective non-invasive method is to resect the polyps by tying off the blood
supply to the polyps, that is the method named ischemic polypectomy, before
they grow to the point of obstruction using a endoscopy. PJ syndrome is rare
in Mongolia, but in severe cases, small intestine polyps are treated only surgically.
Double-balloon-endoscopy (DBE) has been performed at the Mongolian-
Japanese Hospital since 2023, making it possible to diagnose and treat
the syndrome endoscopically. Our patient, a 15-year-old boy, had a mucocutaneous
pigmentation that had been previously undiagnosed and was first diagnosed
with intussusception at the age of 13. He had undergone 4 endoscopic
procedures for upper and lower gastrointestinal polyps at the National Center
for Maternal and Child Health successfully. In our hospital, we found endoscopically
multiple hamartomatous polyps of various sizes between 1-3 cm,
and a 3 mm diameter tumor that filled 3/4 of the intestinal lumen was treated
by ischemic polypectomy.
After the procedure, there were no early or late complications related to
the procedure. The child's condition improved, the main complaints subsided,
and he continues his daily life normally. However, follow-up DBE is required.