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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
We report on a 3-year-old boy with prenatal onset of proportionate dwarfism, postnatal severe microcephaly, high forehead with receded hairline, sparse scalp hair, beaked nose, mild retrognathia and hypotonia diagnosed at birth as Seckel syndrome. At age 3 years, he became paralyzed due to a cerebrovascular malformation. Based on the clinical and radiological features showing evidence of skeletal dysplasia, the diagnosis was revised to Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II (MOPD II) syndrome. Western blot analysis of the patient's lymphoblastoid cell line lysate showed the absence of the protein pericentrin. Subsequent molecular analysis identified a novel homozygous single base insertion (c.1527_1528insA) in exon 10 of the PCNT gene, which leads to a frameshift (Treo510fs) and to premature protein truncation. PCNT mutations must be considered diagnostic of MOPD II syndrome. A possible role of pericentrin in the development of cerebral vessels is suggested.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1552-4833
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
149A
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2452-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Bone and Bones, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Diagnosis, Differential, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Dwarfism, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Magnetic Resonance Angiography, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Short Rib-Polydactyly Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:19839044-Syndrome
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II (MOPD II) syndrome previously diagnosed as Seckel syndrome: report of a novel mutation of the PCNT gene.
pubmed:affiliation
II School of Medicine, Sapienza University, Roma, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports