Overview of cases followed up by optical genome mapping (OGM), including the respective findings and their final classification on OGM analysis.
Case No | Sample material | Finding by SOC testing and information on the locus | OGM result | Additional testing | Origin of SV | Classification after OGM | Phenotype |
P1 | Amniotic cells | CMA: arr[GRCh38] Xp22.31(7341220_7534466)x2, Xp21.2p21.1(30871431_31525874)x2 | Complex rearrangement of a duplicated segment containing exons of STS and DMD without disrupting any known gene | Fetal PCR, maternal MLPA | Maternal | Likely benign | Sonographically inconspicuous |
Two hemizygous X-chromosomal duplications involving exons 56–79 of DMD and exon 11 of STS | |||||||
P2 | Chorionic villi | Karyotyping: 46,XX,inv(7)(q?11.2q?22) | Inversion involving the region 7q11.23q22.1, breakpoints do not disrupt any known genes | Fetal FISH, parental karyotyping, maternal OGM and FISH | Maternal | Likely benign | Sonographically inconspicuous |
Exact breakpoints of inversion unknown; similar inversions are reported to cause haematological malignancies | |||||||
P3 | Chorionic villi | Familial WES: putative, unspecified genetic variant prohibiting sequencing of exon 13 of SCNN1B | Cryptic, homozygous inversion involving the region 16p13.12, proximal breakpoint maps to SCNN1B exon 13 | Fetal FISH and PCR, parental OGM and PCR, maternal karyotyping and FISH | Biparental | Biallelic pathogenic | Sonographically inconspicuous |
P4 | Blood | Karyotyping: 46,XX,t(3;5)(q22.3;q22) | Breakpoint localised ca 300 kb upstream of FOXL2 | Parental karyotyping | De novo | Likely benign | Blepharophimosis |
Potential disruption of gene FOXL2 (localised in band q22.3 of chromosome 3) suspected as causative for patient’s blepharophimosis | |||||||
P5 | Amniotic cells | Karyotyping: 46,XX,?inv(15)(q26q26) | Inconspicuous in OGM | – | n/a | Likely artefact of karyotyping | Sonographically inconspicuous |
Possible inversion on chromosome 15 | |||||||
P6 | Amniotic cells | Karyotyping: 46,XX,?inv(12)(p11.2p13) | Inconspicuous in OGM | Parental karyotyping | n/a | Likely artefact of karyotyping | Sonographically inconspicuous |
Possible inversion on chromosome 12 | |||||||
P7 | Amniotic cells | CMA: arr[GRCh38] 9q34.3(135848046_136246353)x3 | Partial duplication of CAMSAP1, likely in tandem, not disrupting the gene | Parental MLPA | Maternal | Likely benign | Hygroma colli |
Duplication involving exons 1–7 of CAMSAP1 |
P1–P3 are discussed in detail in this study.
CMA, chromosomal microarray; MLPA, multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification; SOC, standard of care; SV, structural variant; WES, whole-exome sequencing.