Abstract
Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) is a heterogenous malformation syndrome characterized by a distinct facial appearance including downslanting palpebral fissures, malar hypoplasia, conductive hearing loss, and mandibular hypoplasia. Recently, a new causative gene, POLR1B, encoding DNA-directed RNA polymerase I subunit RPA2, was identified as a fourth type of TCS (TCS4). We describe another patient with TCS4 caused by a recurrent POLR1B variant, c.3007C>T; p.Arg1003Cys. Including our patient, all 4 patients with p.(Arg1003Cys) had atresia of the external auditory canal and microtia. All of the reported pathogenic variants in POLR1B were clustered at only 2 residues. Our patient highlights the genotype-phenotype correlation in TCS4 associated with POLR1B.
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