Eyelid Tumor and Microcephaly in Hunter's Disease

Authors

Keywords:

Eyelids, Pediatrics, Ophthalmology

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Hunter disease, or mucopolysaccharidosis type 2, is an X-linked inherited disease characterized by deficiency of the enzyme iduronate 2 sulfatase, which leads to accumulation of glycosaminoglycans.

THE CASE: A 17-year-old male patient diagnosed with Hunter's disease at 15 months of age. He started his condition one year and three months earlier with edema in the right eye and inability to open it, which improved slightly with medical treatment. Eight months later, he came to our institution due to a tumor in both upper eyelids and microcephaly (Figure 1). Subsequently, surgical resection and external canthoplasty were performed. The surgical report showed pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia with no evidence of malignancy. Currently, the patient is stable with adequate healing and no visual sequelae.

CONCLUSION: This condition usually manifests between two and four years of age, however, the most severe forms appear earlier. The most common ocular symptoms include glaucoma, retinopathy and hypertelorism, contrasting with the rare tumorization in both patient’s eyelids. Although macrocephaly is common, the patient had microcephaly, a previously undocumented finding, therefore, to the best of our knowledge, it is the first reported case of a patient with microcephaly. Early identification and appropriate management are crucial to improve the quality of life and prognosis of these patients.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

Author Biographies

Mauricio Alejandro Saldaña-Ruiz, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Recently graduated physician

Mauricio Linnery Rendón-Saldívar, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Sixth year medical student

Vanessa Pamela Salolin-Vargas, Universidad Westhill

Sixth year medical student

Valeria Monserrat Ramírez-Angulo, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Sixth year medical student

Alejandro Garza-Álvarez, Facultad de Medicina UANL

Fifth year medical student

Vanessa Jarelly Rodríguez-Huerta, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

Physician

References

Not applicable

Downloads

Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

Saldaña-Ruiz, M. A., Rendón-Saldívar, M. L., Salolin-Vargas, V. P., Ramírez-Angulo, V. M., Garza-Álvarez, A., & Rodríguez-Huerta, V. J. (2024). Eyelid Tumor and Microcephaly in Hunter’s Disease. International Journal of Medical Students, 12, S406. Retrieved from https://ijms.pitt.edu/IJMS/article/view/2871

Most read articles by the same author(s)