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Toe Polydactyly and Supernumerary Nipple: Broadening the Phenotypic Spectrum of STAR Syndrome
Omar Zgheib1, Léa Jacques2, Louise Frizon2
1Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Diagnostics, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland.
Abstract:
STAR syndrome is a very rare X-linked dominant disorder characterized by the association of toe syndactyly, facial dysmorphism including telecanthus and a broad nasal tip, and anogenital and renal malformations. We hereby report a patient with a novel frameshift mutation in CCNQ, the STAR syndrome causative gene. More importantly, the patient presented hitherto unreported clinical features, namely toe polydactyly in addition to syndactyly, and a supernumerary nipple. This nineteenth reported case further broadens the phenotypic spectrum of STAR syndrome.
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