We report a new case of MKS diagnosed at 12 + 1 weeks of gestation with typical ultrasound findings, but with novel compound heterozygous pathogenic variants in the TXNDC15 gene identified by whole-exome sequencing (WES).
This is the second clinical report supporting TXNDC15 as a novel causative gene of MKS, and the first describing a case in a non-consanguineous family with causative compound heterozygous mutations.
Meckel-Gruber syndrome is a very heterogeneous syndrome in terms of the associated causal genes. In the first-line diagnosis, we used an next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based large gene panel, but only 10 MKS genes were available on the platform used. In the case of prenatal ultrasound findings that are highly suggestive of MKS and a negative NGS MKS gene panel, WES should also be performed to not miss rare gene associations.