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IEMbase 0191: MVK-related mild mevalonate kinase deficiency

Scope

Field Value
IEMbase ID 191
Nosology 14.7.01.01
Gene MVK
External IDs OMIM:260920; ORPHA:343
Generated mapping MAPPED; Mevalonate_Kinase_Deficiency.yaml#HIDS
Candidate DisMech targets Mevalonate_Kinase_Deficiency.yaml#HIDS
Review date 2026-07-07

IEMbase phenotype signal

IEMbase represents this as MVK-related mevalonate kinase deficiency (mild), with alternate labels hyper Ig D syndrome, mevalonic aciduria, and HIDS. Treatability is marked yes.

The biochemical rows include increased urinary mevalonic acid, normal serum cholesterol, normal-to-increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate, low-to-normal plasma coenzyme Q10, and normal-to-increased immunoglobulin D. Characteristic clinical rows are anemia and thrombocytopenia. Additional rows include diarrhea, hepatosplenomegaly, variable axial hypotonia, leukocytosis, and malabsorption. No treatment rows are listed in this IEMbase record.

DisMech phenotype coverage

Mevalonate_Kinase_Deficiency.yaml#HIDS is the correct target. The local entry models the HIDS/mild MKD end of the MVK spectrum, reduced mevalonate kinase activity, isoprenoid shortage, defective protein prenylation, RhoA/pyrin inflammasome activation, IL-1 beta driven recurrent inflammatory attacks, urinary mevalonic acid, elevated IgD/IgA, recurrent fever, cervical lymphadenopathy, abdominal symptoms, rash, arthralgia, aphthous ulcers, and multiple treatment options including canakinumab, anakinra, etanercept, NSAIDs/corticosteroids, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in severe contexts.

Concordance and completeness

Judgement: correct mapped subtype with high concordance, but local coverage is substantially richer.

IEMbase and DisMech agree on MVK/HIDS identity, mevalonic acid elevation, inflammatory laboratory findings, GI involvement, hepatosplenomegaly, cytopenia rows, and the mild end of the MKD spectrum. DisMech adds the central prenylation-pyrin inflammasome mechanism, recurrent fever attack phenotype, lymphadenopathy, rash, arthralgia, oral ulcers, IgA context, and the main IL-1-targeted treatment model. IEMbase adds explicit low-to-normal coenzyme Q10 and a compact cytopenia/malabsorption summary.

Curation actions

  • Keep this record mapped to Mevalonate_Kinase_Deficiency.yaml#HIDS.
  • Consider coenzyme Q10 and malabsorption as possible review targets if the HIDS subtype is enriched.
  • Do not infer absent treatment from IEMbase; local treatment coverage is stronger than this JSON record.