Non-consanguineous pediatric myelofibrosis due to MPIG6B mutations in a
patient of European ancestry
Abstract
Myelofibrosis (MF) in the pediatric setting is uncommon and appears to
be pathogenically heterogeneous. MF due to intrinsic bone marrow
abnormality (IMF) is distinct from adult-type Primary myelofibrosis
(PMF) as they can lack the common genetic markers of clonality. To date,
all but two reported patients with pediatric MF and mutated MPIG6B have
been Arabic, and all reported cases have had a family history of
consanguinity. Here we report the first North American patient of
European ancestry with pediatric MF in whom novel compound heterozygous
mutations of MPIG6B were identified.