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Published on: February 23, 2011
Unusual phenotype with progressive vertebral fusion in a girl with an apparently balanced t(10;20)(p11;p13)
N Philip1, L Colleaux, S Sigaudy
1Département de Génétique Médicale, Hopital d'Enfants de la Timone, Marseille, France. nicole.philip@ap-hm.fr
Abstract:
We report the case of a girl presenting with an unusual form of multiple joint fusion. Skeletal abnormalities consisted of radioulnar synostosis and vertebral fusions without any carpal, digital or tarsal involvement, and broad ribs and clavicles. Spinal X-rays were available from age 4 to 21, demonstrating that the spinal involvement was progressive and led to a complete anterior and lateral fusion of vertebrae. A complete sequencing of the NOGGIN gene failed to find any mutation. In addition, this girl was carrier of an apparently balanced reciprocal translocation t(10;20)(p11;p13). We investigated the role of the BMP2A gene as a potential candidate gene. Fluorescence in situ hybridization with YAC probes from chromosome 20 showed that the BMP2A gene was not disrupted by the translocation breakpoint.
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