Pachygyria and cerebellar hypoplasia in Goldberg–Shprintzen syndrome
Pachygyria and cerebellar hypoplasia in Goldberg–Shprintzen syndrome
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Goldberg-Shprintzen 综合征中的脑回肥大和小脑发育不全
DOI:
10.1002/ajmg.a.20013
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
2
通讯作者:
F. Papalia
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文献类型:
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作者:
M. Silengo;G. Ferrero;L. Tornetta;M. Cortese;F. Canavese;G. D'alonzo;F. Papalia
Goldberg and Shprintzen [1981] reported two sibs with short-segment Hirschsprung disease, microcephaly, mental retardation, and a distinct facial appearance, including hypertelorism. Up to now, 11 sporadic cases [Brunoni et al., 1983; Breslau andLaan, 1989;Halal and Morel, 1990; Tanaka et al., 1993; Ohnuma et al., 1997; Mowat et al., 1998] and 7 sets of sibs for a total of 17 familial cases [Goldberg and Shprintzen, 1981; Hurst et al., 1988; Kumasaka and Clarren, 1988; Yomo et al., 1991; Fryer, 1998; Brooks et al., 1999] have been reported in the literature. Inheritance of the syndrome is thought to be autosomal recessive (MIM 235730), but genetic heterogeneity has been suggested with sporadic cases possibly having contiguous genes syndromes or de novo dominant mutations [Wakamatsu et al., 2001]. Ohnuma et al. [1997] first described in this Journal themagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities in a patient affected by the Goldberg–Shprintzen syndrome. Brain hypoplasia, loss of parenchymal volume, especially in the white matter, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum including absent rostrum, genu and splenium, were the abnormal changes observed. We report a patient with the Goldberg–Shprintzen syndrome who presents novel MRI findings including pachygyria and paleo-neocerebellar hypoplasia, suggesting that the migration defect observed in the syndrome involves not only the neural crest cells but also the neurons. The patient was born to healthy, nonconsanguineous parents at 38 weeks of gestation after an uncomplicated pregnancy. Birth weight was 2600 g, length 46 cm, head circumference 31 cm (all parameters 2SD below the mean for gestational age). A diagnosis of megacolon was suspected in the perinatal period because of severe constipation and abdominal distension. At surgery, a short segment typeHirschsprung disease, extending for few centimeters above the ano-rectal junction, was diagnosed. Aganglionosis of the myenteric and submucosal plexus was demonstrated on histological examination. The infant had dysmorphic facial features such as sloping forehead, sparse eyebrows, ocularhypertelorism (ICD 27 mm, OCD 52 mm), depressed nasal bridge, bulbous nose, and full lips (Fig. 1). The ophthalmologic examination revealed pale optic disks, lack of fixation and abnormal eyemovements. The visual evoked potentials yielded reduced responses, while the auditory evoked potentials were grossly normal. A brain MRI showed pachygyria, hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and hypoplasia of the vermis and cerebellar hemispheres (Fig. 2). The high resolution (800 bands) karyotype was normal 46,XY. FISH analysis with the Miller-Dieker probe was negative for a distal 17p deletion. Analysis ofRETmutationswas negative. Nomutations in the newly identified SIP1 gene were found. Follow up at 4 months of age revealed severe developmental retardation, abnormal EEG, and microcephaly (head circumference 36.5, below the 3rd centile). Several genes are potentially involved in isolated and syndromic Hirschsprung disease, such as RET, GDNF, EDN3, and EDNRB. Their mutations result in disturbed development and migration of the neural crest cells during embryogenesis [Seri et al., 1997]. The ShahWaardenburg syndrome (WS4) is a rare neurochristopathy that results from the absence of melanocytes and
影响因子:
30.8
作者:
Wakamatsu, N;Yamada, Y;Nagaya, M
通讯作者:
Nagaya, M