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In this case, we present a patient who was first treated as having high myopia and retinopathy but was finally diagnosed with FEVR caused by the heterozygous deletion of exon 7 in TSPAN12 with the aid of whole genome sequencing (WGS). Typical vascular changes, including vascular leakage and an avascular zone in the peripheral retina, were observed in the proband using fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA), and the macular dragging was shown to be progressing in the follow-up visit. Furthermore, the proband showed unreported TSPAN12-related phenotypes of FEVR: ERG (full-field electroretinogram) abnormalities and retinoschisis. Only mild vascular changes were exhibited in the FFA for the other three family members who carried the same deletion of exon 7 in TSPAN12. This case expands our understanding of the phenotype resulting from TSPAN12 mutations and signifies the importance of combining both clinical and molecular analysis approaches to establish a complete diagnosis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes14030587","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,27]],"date-time":"2023-02-27T03:52:21Z","timestamp":1677469941000},"page":"587","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Novel Exon 7 Deletions in TSPAN12 in a Three-Generation FEVR Family: A Case Report and Literature Review"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Zixuan","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1585-299X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Panfeng","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,2,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1742","DOI":"10.1136\/bjophthalmol-2018-312366","article-title":"Fundus examination of 199 851 newborns by digital imaging in China: A multicentre cross-sectional study","volume":"102","author":"Tang","year":"2018","journal-title":"Br. 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