Postnatal growth retardation, facial dysmorphism, spondylocarpal synostosis, cardiac defect, and inner ear malformation (cardiospondylocarpofacial syndrome?)-A distinct syndrome?

2010 ◽  
Vol 152A (3) ◽  
pp. 539-546 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sérgio B. Sousa ◽  
Geneviéve Baujat ◽  
Véronique Abadie ◽  
Damien Bonnet ◽  
Daniel Sidi ◽  
...  
2016 ◽  
pp. 102-107
Author(s):  
T. E. Bubnevich

Cornelia de Lange syndrome is a multisystem malformation syndrome recognized primarily on the basis of characteristic facial dysmorphism, including low anterior hairline, arched eyebrows, synophrys, anteverted nares, maxillary prognathism, thin lips, «carp» mouth, in association with prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, mental retardation and, in many cases, upper limb anomalies. However, there are clinical options with milder phenotypes in this syndrome. The prevalence of the syndrome is 1:10,000-30,000 live births, occurs equally, regardless of gender. Although this syndrome is considered rare, experts agree that it is likely underdiagnosed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuki Kawashima ◽  
Katsumi Higaki ◽  
Toshiaki Fukushima ◽  
Fumihiko Hakuno ◽  
Jun-ichi Nagaishi ◽  
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PEDIATRICS ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 979-986
Author(s):  
Robert O. Fisch ◽  
William A. Walker ◽  
John A. Anderson

Two children, one homozygous and the other heterozygous for phenylketonuria, born of an untreated phenylketonuric mother were found to exhibit intrauterine growth retardation and persistent postnatal growth retardation. Microcephaly was present in both children at birth. Microcephaly, mental retardation, and growth retardation were present in the heterozygous child at 5 years of age and in the untreated homozygous child at 2 years of age. The possibility that the comparatively high phenylalanine level in the mother's blood and the concomitant abnormal metabolism had a detrimental effect on the child's prenatal growth and predetermined the rate of their postnatal physical as well as mental development, was discussed.


Genes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1461
Author(s):  
Yerai Vado ◽  
Arrate Pereda ◽  
Isabel Llano-Rivas ◽  
Nerea Gorria-Redondo ◽  
Ignacio Díez ◽  
...  

Silver–Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare growth-related genetic disorder that is mainly associated with prenatal and postnatal growth retardation. Molecular causes are not clear in all cases, the most common ones being loss of methylation on chromosome 11p15 (≈50%) and maternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 7 (upd(7)mat) (≈10%). However, pathogenic variants in genes such as CDKN1C, HMGA2, IGF2, or PLAG1 have also been described. Previously, two families and one sporadic case have been reported with PLAG1 alterations. Here, we present a case of a female with clinical suspicion of SRS (i.e., intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, triangular face, psychomotor delay, speech delay, feeding difficulties). No alterations in methylation or copy number were detected at chromosomes 11p15 and 7 using methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MS-MLPA). The custom panel study by next-generation sequencing (NGS) revealed a frameshift variant in the PLAG1 gene (NM_002655.3:c.551delA; p.(Lys184Serfs *45)). Familial studies confirmed that the variant was inherited from the mother and it was also present in other family members. New evidence of pathogenic alterations in the HMGA2-PLAG1-IGF2 pathway suggest the importance of studying and taking into account these genes as alternative molecular causes of Silver–Russell syndrome.


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