Cochleosaccular degeneration with progressive cataracts

Cochleosaccular degeneration with progressive cataracts
Specialty	Medical genetics, Audiology
Usual onset	Adulthood
Frequency	rare
Deaths	1, which may or may not have been related to the disorder itself.

Cochleosaccular degeneration with progressive cataracts, also known as autosomal dominant progressive sensorineural hearing loss and cataracts ^[1] is a rare genetic disorder characterized by the adult-onset combination of cochleosaccular degeneration and progressive cataract ^[2] which is transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait for generations in entire families, ^[3] essentially resulting in familial deafblindness. ^[4] Additional features include unstable gait. ^[5] Only 15 cases from 2 multi-generational families in the United States and Italy (respectively) have been described in medical literature. ^[5]

Cases

• 1982: J B Nadol Jr. et al. describes 7 members from 5 sibships belonging to a four-generation American family. The proband was a 65-year-old man who had died as a result of a motorcycle accident. He had a cataract already present in his right eye since birth (a clinical finding known as congenital cataract, but he developed cataracts in his previously healthy left eye as well, he went through cataract extraction surgery when he was 42-years-old. He started showing signs of rapid progressive hearing loss at the age of 26, at the same time, he also developed a staggering gait, which falsely suggested he was under the influence of alcohol. His family had 6 other members who showed the same symptoms as him, 3 instances of male-to-male transmission (suggesting autosomal dominant inheritance), and 9 other members who were said to have progressive hearing loss only. ^[6]
• 1992: A Guala et al. describes 8 members of a four-generation Italian family who showed the same symptoms as the members of the family described by Nadol et al. ^[7]

References

1. "Autosomal Dominant Progressive Sensorineural Deafness and Cataract Syndrome". DoveMed. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
2. "Orphanet: Cochleosaccular degeneration cataract syndrome". www.orpha.net. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
3. "Deafness progressive cataract autosomal dominant". Global Genes. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
4. "Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts – About the Disease – Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center". rarediseases.info.nih.gov. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
5. "Clinical Synopsis – 120040 – Cochleosaccular Degeneration with Progressive Cataracts – OMIM". omim.org. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
6. Nadol, J. B.; Burgess, B. (September 1982). "Cochleosaccular degeneration of the inner ear and progressive cataracts inherited as an autosomal dominant trait". The Laryngoscope. 92 (9 Pt 1): 1028–1037. doi: 10.1288/00005537-198209000-00013 . ISSN   0023-852X. PMID   7121157. S2CID   38674246.
7. Guala, A.; Germinetti, V.; Sebastiani, F.; Silengo, M. C. (June 1992). "A syndrome of progressive sensorineural deafness and cataract inherited as an autosomal dominant trait". Clinical Genetics. 41 (6): 293–295. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1992.tb03400.x. ISSN   0009-9163. PMID   1623624. S2CID   30225499.