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[Stickler syndrome: maxillo-facial abnormalities].

A Berio1, R Giorgetti, E Mascagni

  • 1DIPE, Cattedra di Pediatria, Università degli Studi di Genova.

La Pediatria Medica E Chirurgica : Medical and Surgical Pediatrics
|April 3, 2004
PubMed
Summary

Stickler syndrome, a genetic disorder affecting collagen, can cause craniofacial and eye abnormalities. This case links these features, along with colon atresia, to neural crest cell dysneurulation during development.

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Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Developmental Biology
  • Ophthalmology

Background:

  • Stickler syndrome is an inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by arthro-ophthalmo-dystrophy.
  • It involves defects in type II collagen, impacting skeletal and ocular development.

Observation:

  • A case of Stickler syndrome presented with significant maxillo-facial abnormalities and colon atresia.
  • The patient exhibited features consistent with dysneurulation originating from both prosencephalic and rhombo-mesencephalic neural crests.

Findings:

  • Maxillo-facial abnormalities in Stickler syndrome are linked to prosencephalic neural crest dysneurulation, affecting frontonasal and premaxillary structures.
  • Ocular and colon abnormalities are associated with rhombo-mesencephalic neural crest dysneurulation.

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Implications:

  • The study hypothesizes that a gene mutation causing enzymatic deficiency in neural crest cells underlies these developmental defects.
  • This provides a potential molecular mechanism for the diverse manifestations of Stickler syndrome, including craniofacial and visceral anomalies.