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Published on: December 18, 2019
Terminal osseous dysplasia with pigmentary defects (TODPD) due to a recurrent filamin A (FLNA) mutation
Nicola Brunetti-Pierri1, Maria Torrado2, Maria Del Carmen Fernandez3
1Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine Naples, Italy ; Department of Translational Medicine, Federico II University of Naples Naples, Italy.
Abstract:
Terminal osseous dysplasia with pigmentary defects (TODPD) is an X-linked dominant syndrome with distal limb anomalies, pigmentary skin defects, digital fibromas, and generalized bone involvement due to a recurrent mutation in the filamin A (FLNA) gene. We here report the mutation c.5217G>A in FLNA in three families with TODPD and we found possible germline and somatic mosaicism in two out of the three families. The occurrence of somatic and germline mosaicism for TODPD indicates that caution should be taken in counseling recurrence risks for these conditions upon presentation of an isolated case.
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