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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Diagnostic Pitfall in Genomic Era: Discordant

Chih-Hao Wang, Shuan-Pei Lin, Jon-Kway Huang, Nan-Chang Chiu

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Chih-Hao WangDepartment of Pediatrics, MacKay Children's Hospital, Taipei 104217, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0901-0654
Shuan-Pei LinDepartment of Pediatrics, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104217, Taiwan.
Jon-Kway HuangDepartment of Radiology, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104217, Taiwan.
Nan-Chang ChiuDepartment of Pediatrics, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei 104217, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3966-5021

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Next-generation sequencing has transformed the diagnostic approach to rare neurogenetic disorders. However, interpretation of molecular findings remains challenging when identified variants are discordant with the clinical phenotype. We report the case of a preschool-aged girl presenting with seizures, infantile-onset macrocephaly, and the characteristic magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pattern of megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC). Whole-exome sequencing identified no pathogenic variants in the currently recognized MLC-associated genes. Instead, it detected a heterozygous

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leukodystrophymagnetic resonance imagingmegalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cystsneurodevelopmental disorderSMARCA2whole-exome sequencing

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