A GUCY2D variant associated cone-rod dystrophy with electronegative ERG: A case report and review

Autor: Pei-Liang Wu, Pei-Hsuan Lin, Winston Lee, Ethan Hung-Hsi Wang, Eugene Yu-Chuan Kang, Laura Liu, Nan-Kai Wang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, Vol 36, Iss , Pp 102094- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2451-9936
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2024.102094
Popis: Purpose: Cone-rod dystrophies (CORD) are inherited retinal dystrophies characterized by primary cone degeneration with secondary rod involvement. We report two patients from the same family with a dominant variant in the guanylate cyclase 2D (GUCY2D) gene with different phenotypes in the electroretinogram (ERG). Observations: A 21-year-old lady (Patient 1) was referred due to experiencing blurry vision and color vision impairment. Visual field testing revealed a central scotoma. Spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF) documented macula dysfunction. Reduced amplitude was observed in the photopic responses of ERG. Her 54-year-old father (Patient 2) had similar issues with blurry vision. A dilated fundus examination displayed bilateral macular atrophy. Loss of the ellipsoid zone line and collapse of the outer nuclear segment were noted on the SD-OCT. Photopic ERG responses were extinguished, and an electronegative ERG was observed in the dark-adapted 3.0 ERG. The gene report revealed a c.2512C > T (p.Arg838Cys) variant in GUCY2D for both patients. They were respectively diagnosed as cone dystrophy (COD) and cone-rod dystrophy (CORD). Conclusions: We report two different clinical phenotypes in GUCY2D-associated COD despite sharing the same variant. A dysfunction in the synaptic junction between the photoreceptor and the secondary neuron was proposed to explain the electronegative ERG. This explanation might extend to other gene-related cases of CORD with electronegative ERG.
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