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Our goal was to present an additional case of LQT2 combined with the tetralogy of fallot in a fetus with a novel <jats:italic>KCNH2<\/jats:italic> mutation.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Case presentation:<\/jats:bold> Enrolled in this study was a 23-year-old pregnant woman from Quanzhou Fujian province, China. In her pregnancy, fetal ultrasound anomalies were identified, including tetralogy of fallot, coronary sinus enlargement, and persistent left superior vena cava. No chromosomal abnormality was detected by fetal karyotype analysis. However, 238.1-kb duplication in the 2q14.2 region containing the <jats:italic>GLI2<\/jats:italic> gene was observed in the fetus by chromosomal array analysis, which was inherited from the mother with normal clinical features and interpreted as a variant of uncertain significance (VOUS). Furthermore, whole-exome sequencing (WES) detection identified a novel nonsense c.1907C &amp;gt; G (p.S636*) mutation in the <jats:italic>KCNH2<\/jats:italic> gene in the fetus, and it was classified as a likely pathogenic variant, according to the ACMG guidelines. Parental verification analysis indicated that c.1907C &amp;gt; G (p.S636*) mutation was inherited from the mother.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> In this study, we believe that 2q14.2 duplication may not be the reason for fetal heart defects; moreover, we described an additional case with <jats:italic>KCNH2<\/jats:italic> gene mutation, which may lead to LQTS and be associated with congenital heart defects. In addition, our study further confirms the application value of the WES technology in prenatal genetic etiology diagnosis of fetuses with structural anomalies and unexplained structural variants.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2022.924573","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,5]],"date-time":"2022-07-05T06:47:40Z","timestamp":1657003660000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Case Report: Prenatal Whole-Exome Sequencing Identified a Novel Nonsense Mutation of the KCNH2 Gene in a Fetus With Familial 2q14.2 Duplication"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Jianlong","family":"Zhuang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chunnuan","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuanbai","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shuhong","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yu\u2019e","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yuying","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yingjun","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gaoxiong","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"276","DOI":"10.1016\/j.ijcard.2013.12.242","article-title":"Not all Pathogenic Mutations Are Pathogenic: KCNH2 Mutations in Two Sisters with Tetralogy of Fallot","volume":"172","author":"Bhuiyan","year":"2014","journal-title":"Int. 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