Congenital Dermal Melanocytosis Exhibited in Two Patients with Hurler Syndrome: Clinical Characterization and Report of a Recurrent IDUA Allele in Colombia
The potential association of congenital dermal melanocytosis as a marker for lysosomal storage disease in infancy is rarely studied. A few cases of congenital dermal melanocytosis in association with lysosomal storage diseases have been reported. GM1 gangliosidosis type 1 and Hurler syndrome are the most common underlying lysosomal disorders associated with dermal melanocytosis. We present two non-relative patients with Hurler's Syndrome who exhibited cutaneous manifestations. Both cases had a recurrent genetic variant c.1045G>T (p.Asp349Tyr) in the <i>IDUA</i> gene, located in a highly conserved amino acid position. We encourage the role of cutaneous findings in early suspicion and detection of inborn errors of metabolism, as well as differential diagnoses in a newborn with this finding.
Authors
- Sara Vanegas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2964-3192)
- Harry Pachajoa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2672-0439)
- Alejandro Padilla-Guzmán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2385-6111)
- Diana Ramírez‐Montaño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9424-7554)
Institutions
- Fundación Valle del Lili (CO)
- Asociación Colombiana de Dermatología y Cirugía Dermatológica (CO)
- Instituto de Medicina Genómica (ES)
- Icesi University (CO)
- Universidad del Valle (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences
- Published
- 2025-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms262110418
- Primary Topic
- Lysosomal Storage Disorders Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universidad ICESI
- Fundación Valle del Lili