A 2.6-year-old boy presented with prominent corneal arcus. This clinical sign is rarely seen at such a young age and led to the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). Genetic analysis detected biallelic pathogenic sequence variants c.1069G>A and c.2034C>A in the LDLR gene. There is significant cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with FH, hence early diagnosis and treatment is imperative.
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