Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients.
| Patient 1 | Patient 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | Female |
| Race/ethnicity | White | Hispanic |
| Age at initial presentation | <6 months | <12 months |
| Features at initial presentation | Chronic diarrhea, poor growth | Chronic diarrhea, vomiting, poor growth |
| Endoscopic features | Atrophic small bowel mucosa, with shortened or absent villi and scalloping of folds | Stomach with diffuse inflammation, characterized by friability, erythema, and mucus plaques. Duodenum with diffuse villous atrophy and scalloping. |
| Histologic features | Duodenal mucosa with total villous atrophy, crypt hyperplasia, and patchy intraepithelial lymphocytosis | Duodenal mucosa with villous blunting, increased intraepithelial lymphocytes and lamina propria expansion by a mixed inflammatory infiltrate. Stomach with moderate to severe chronic active gastritis. |
| Age at diagnosis of CTLA4 haploinsufficiency | 18.8 years | 14.0 years |
| CTLA4 mutation | c.457+2T>C | De novo heterozygous variant in CTLA4 in exon 1, c71_72del (p.Leu24Profs*35) |
| Medical history | - Celiac-like disease - Hashimoto’s thyroiditis - Addison’s disease - Cytopenias - Drug-induced lupus (adalimumab) - Mild scalp psoriasis - Lichen sclerosis |
- Celiac-like disease - Pulmonary coccidiomycosis - Erythema nodosum - Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder - Depression |
| Family history | - Father with CTLA4 haploinsufficiency and melanoma. - Paternal first cousin with type 1 diabetes mellitus. |
- Maternal grandmother with type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| Consanguinity | None | None |
| Treatments | - GFD (NR) - Budesonide (NR) - 6-mercaptopurine (cytopenias) - Methotrexate (NR) - Adalimumab (drug-induced lupus) - Prednisone (LOR) - Abatacept (remission) - IVIg |
- GFD (NR) - Budesonide (NR) - Abatacept (remission) - IVIg |
| Outcome | Clinical and endoscopic remission on abatacept | Clinical and endoscopic remission on abatacept |
| Follow-up period, since diagnosis of CTLA4 haploinsufficiency | 5.0 years | 2.0 years |
NR, non-response; LOR, loss of response; n/a, not available.