Abstract

A girl, born to unrelated Spanish parents, presented at 6months of age with photophobia, keratitis, palmar hyperkeratosis and high plasma tyrosine levels, indicative of tyrosinaemia type II. Analysis of the tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) gene revealed a paternally inherited frameshift mutation c.1213delCinsAG at codon 405 causing a premature stop codon, and a maternally inherited deletion of 193kb encompassing the complete TAT gene and three neighbouring genes. This is the first complete TAT deletion in tyrosinaemia type II described so far.

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