An ABCC8 Gene Mutation and Mosaic Uniparental Isodisomy Resulting in Atypical Diffuse Congenital Hyperinsulinism

Abstract
OBJECTIVE— Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) may be due to diffuse or focal pancreatic disease. The diffuse form is associated with an increase in the size of β-cell nuclei throughout the whole of the pancreas and most commonly results from recessive ATP-sensitive K+ channel (KATP channel) mutations. Focal lesions are the consequence of somatic uniparental disomy for a paternally inherited KATP channel mutation with enlargement of the β-cell nuclei confined to the focal lesion. Some “atypical” cases defy classification and show pancreatic β-cell nuclear enlargement confined to discrete regions of the pancreas. We investigated an atypical case with normal morphology within the tail of the pancreas but occasional enlarged endocrine nuclei in parts of the body and head.

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