Split-hand/foot malformation syndrome (SHFM) is a congenital limb malformation that is both clinically and genetically heterogeneous. Variants in WNT10B are known to cause an autosomal recessive form of SHFM. Here, we report a patient born to unrelated parents who was found to be a compound heterozygote for missense variants in WNT10B: c.994C>T, p.(Arg332Trp) and c.638T>G, p.(Phe213Cys). The variants were identified using long-read PacBio sequencing, which enabled phasing and confirmed that they were located on different alleles. The maternally inherited variant p.(Arg332Trp) has been previously reported, whereas the paternally inherited variant p.(Phe213Cys) is novel and absent from the gnomAD database. Our findings highlight the utility of long-read haplotype phasing, which provides valuable insights in determining the biallelic nature of variants in recessive disorders when parental DNA samples are unavailable.

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