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This study reports on a 16-year-old male patient diagnosed with type I Kabuki syndrome following the identification of a <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic> mutation, c.15535C&amp;gt;T (p.Arg5179Cys), in the <jats:italic>KMT2D<\/jats:italic> gene.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Case Report<\/jats:title><jats:p>A 16-year-old male presented with bilateral breast enlargement persisting for over 1\u00a0month. Historically, the patient exhibited intellectual disability. Both parents are healthy with no similar family history. The patient\u2019s father had a history of heroin use for 8\u00a0years prior to the patient\u2019s birth. On examination, the patient had unclear speech and slow speech rate, with diminished reading comprehension and calculation abilities. Characteristic facial features of KS were noted. Breast development was observed (Tanner stage II on the right and III on the left), with pain upon deep palpation of the left nipple. Molecular genetic testing identified a heterozygous missense mutation, c.15535C&amp;gt;T (p.Arg5179Cys), in the<jats:italic>KMT2D<\/jats:italic>gene, confirming the diagnosis of type I Kabuki syndrome.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>KS is characterized by distinctive facial features: arched eyebrows, eversion of the eyelids, long palpebral fissures, a short nasal septum, a flat nasal tip, auricular deformities, a small mandible, a high palatal arch, or cleft palate. The patient exhibited a heterozygous missense mutation in the coding region of the <jats:italic>KMT2D<\/jats:italic> gene, identified as a <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic> mutation. 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