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Hemoglobina fetal mutante : um caso clínico

Authors: Nogueira, José Pedro Ferreira;

Hemoglobina fetal mutante : um caso clínico

Abstract

Introduction: Neonatal cyanosis may become an important and challenging diagnosis. There are several causes including respiratory or heart problems and infectious diseases. Although a rare condition, cyanosis can be related to methemoglobinemia. This syndrome may be obtained by exposure to several oxidizing agents but it can also be due to congenital defects, such as cytochrome-b5 reductase deficiency and Hemoglobin-M (Hb-M) variants. Case Presentation: It is detected in a newborn girl, who was apparently well until 40 hours after birth, an episode of hypoxemia after a screening for critical congenital heart disease. Following various pathologies exclusions, and under oxygen therapy with weak response, methemoglobinemia was suspected to be the cause, which leaded to the newborn’s transference to Hospital Santa Maria. During the period of hospitalization, the girl kept a stable clinical picture only presenting discreet greyish-color of the skin. After a normal hemoglobin electrophoresis, normal G6PD levels and slightly low cytochrome-b5 reductase assay, it comes the hemoglobin’s genetic sequencing, where it was identified a heterozygous mutation of the γ chain associated to the variant Hb F Viseu. Because it’s a γ chain related mutation, according to the fetal hemoglobin’s transition to the adult form, the values of methemoglobin decreased heading back to the standards parameters as expected. Conclusion: This is a rare cause of cyanosis with just a few cases described in the medical literature. The mutation was identified for the first time in 2012 and it fits in the sixth γ-chain variant already known. A few Hb-M variants are not detected by hemoglobin electrophoresis, therefore the diagnostic is achieved through genetic sequencing.

Introdução: A cianose neonatal pode constituir um importante desafio diagnóstico. As causas são múltiplas, nomeadamente infecciosas, cardíacas ou respiratórias. Embora rara, a cianose pode ser secundária a meta-hemoglobinémia. Esta pode ser adquirida por exposição a oxidantes diversos, ou ser congénita, resultando do défice de citocromo b5 redutase ou da presença de variantes da hemoglobina-M (Hb-M). Apresentação do caso: Recém-nascido do sexo feminino, aparentemente bem até às 40 horas de vida, altura em que se deteta uma hipoxémia no rastreio de cardiopatias congénitas. Após excluídas diversas patologias e sob oxigenoterapia com fraca resposta, é diagnosticada meta-hemoglobinémia, motivo pela qual é transferida para o Hospital Santa Maria. Ao longo deste internamento, manteve-se clinicamente estável, apenas com discreta coloração acinzentada da pele. Com eletroforese da hemoglobina normal, doseamento de G6PD normal e um doseamento de citocromo b5 redutase ligeiramente baixo, prossegue-se para a sequenciação genética de hemoglobina, tendo-se identificado uma mutação heterozigótica na cadeia γ, correspondente à variante HB F Viseu. Por corresponder a uma alteração na cadeia γ, e após a transição da hemoglobina fetal à forma adulta, os valores de meta-hemoglobina diminuíram, voltando aos parâmetros da normalidade. Conclusão: Esta é uma causa rara de cianose com poucos casos descritos na literatura. Foi uma mutação identificada pela primeira vez em 2012 e corresponde à sexta variante da cadeia γ conhecida. Algumas variantes da Hb-M não são detetadas por eletroforese das hemoglobinas, pelo que o diagnóstico é feito por sequenciação genética.

Trabalho Final do Curso de Mestrado Integrado em Medicina, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014

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Cianose neonatal, Hemoglobina M, Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Médicas, Meta-hemoglobinémia

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