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Mutations in <jats:italic>CHKB<\/jats:italic> lead to conditions such as megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy (MCMD), characterized by enlarged mitochondria and impaired mitochondrial function, inducing various clinical features in neurological and cardiac performance. Herein, we report a rare case presenting with dilated cardiomyopathy as the dominant feature with a homozygous nonsense variant of <jats:italic>CHKB,<\/jats:italic> and the related therapeutic strategy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title><jats:p>The proband, a 13-year-old male, presented with a complex clinical profile characterized by mild intellectual disability and severe cardiac impairment, including reduced activity tolerance, suspected acute heart failure, significant cardiac enlargement, a left anterior fascicular block, and a complete right bundle branch block. Whole exome sequencing (WES) identified a homozygous nonsense variant, c.598delC (p.Q200Rfs*11) of the <jats:italic>CHKB<\/jats:italic> gene, that resulted in disease caused by amino acid sequence changes, a truncated protein, and splice site changes, as demonstrated by MutationTaster analysis. The protein structure of CHKB was built and named AF-Q9Y259-F1. The residue around 200 amino acid sites changed in CHKB p.Q200Rfs*11 with unaltered hydrogen bonds which indicated the pathogenicity of the variant mainly originated from a truncated protein induced by the nonsense mutation. The heart blocks in the proband were considered to be associated with choline metabolic impairment, and thus cardiac resynchronization therapy would benefit the patient. Furthermore, the missense homozygous or compound heterozygous variants of <jats:italic>CHKB,<\/jats:italic> as well as the combined compound heterozygous missense and nonsense variants of <jats:italic>CHKB,<\/jats:italic> usually lead to neurological impairments and muscular weakness.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study expands the spectrum of <jats:italic>CHKB<\/jats:italic> mutations and provides essential information for the genotype\u2013phenotype map of a nonsense variant of the gene. It is important to confirm a differential diagnosis among such patients using WES analyses. Regular cardiac and musculoskeletal monitoring is recommended for MCMD patients. Patients with a CHKB deficiency presenting with heart blocks could benefit from the administration of cardiac resynchronization therapy. 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