›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (5): 485-488.

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Report of a case withsevere congenital neutropeniaand literature review

YANG Hu, GAO Zongyan, LI Lindi, LAN Dan   

  1. (Pediatric department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China)
  • Received:2014-01-24 Online:2014-05-15 Published:2014-05-15

Abstract:  Objective To investigatethe clinical features and pathogenesis of severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) by detectingthe gene mutation of a SCN patientsuspected by clinical diagnosis. Methods The intravenous anticoagulant and clinical data and laboratory results of this child were collected; the phagocyte and oxidation function of neutrophils were evaluated by flow cytometer; ELANE, HAX1, WAS, GFI1, CSF3R and CXCR4geneswere screened by PCR amplification and sequencing. Results The neutrophil function of this patient was normal; sequencing results revealed no mutationoccurred in ELANE, HAX1, WAS, GFI1, CSF3R and CXCR4; and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) can obviously enhance the level of neutrophils. Conclusion SCN is a kind of genetic heterogeneity syndrome associated with multiple gene mutations, gene diagnosis will contribute tounderstand the pathogenesisof the disease and provide theoretical basis for treatment, although more and more pathogenic genes were found to be connected with SCN, the cases of unknown mutationstill account for a large proportion.