A Case of Waardenburg Syndrome Type 1 with Maturity-onset Diabetes of The Young Type 2

Abstract

Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is known as a group of genetic conditions associated with hearing problems and pigmentary abnormalities of the hair, skin, and eyes. The association between WS and maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is rarely reported. Herein we present a 9-year-old male patient with MODY type 2 and WS whose genetic analysis revealed a known pathogenic variant i.e. c.143G>A (p.Gly48Asp)(c.1603+2T>C) in paired box gene 3.

Keywords

• waardenburg syndrome
• glucokinase gene mutation
• diabetes mellitus