# A New De Novo Missense Variant of the TET3 Gene in a Patient with Epilepsy and Macrocephaly

## TL;DR

A new TET3 gene variant is found in a patient with epilepsy and macrocephaly, adding to the understanding of genetic causes of neurodevelopmental disorders.

## Contribution

The study reports a novel de novo TET3 missense variant not previously described in the literature.

## Key findings

- A de novo heterozygous TET3 variant (c.2867G>A p.Arg956Gln) was identified in a patient with epilepsy and macrocephaly.
- The variant is absent in the general population and predicted to be pathogenic by bioinformatics tools.

## Abstract

The etiology of neurodevelopmental disorders and epilepsy is very heterogeneous and partly still unknown, and the research of causative genes related to these diseases is still in progress. In 2020, pathogenic variants of the TET3 gene were associated with Beck–Fahrner syndrome, which is characterized by neurodevelopmental delay, intellectual and learning disabilities of variable degree, growth abnormalities, hypotonia and seizures. Variants of TET3 have been described having both an autosomal dominant with a milder phenotype and an autosomal recessive pattern. To date, in the literature, only 28 patients are reported with pathogenic variants of the TET3 gene, and only 9 of them have epilepsy. We describe a 31-year-old woman with macrocephaly, mild neurodevelopmental delay and a long history of epilepsy. Trio-based exome sequencing identified a de novo heterozygous TET3 variant, c.2867G>A p.(Arg956Gln), never described before, absent in the general population and predicted to be potentially pathogenetic by bioinformatics tools. This report aims to describe the clinical history of our patient, the pharmacological treatment and clinical response, as well as the biological characteristics of this new variant.