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McDermott H, Simmonds J, Thyagarajan M, Islam L, Naik S, Titheradge H. Paediatric survivors beyond infancy with Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome - A case series from the West Midlands, UK. Eur J Med Genet 2023:104788. [PMID: 37295610 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2023.104788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Stüve-Wiedemann Syndrome (STWS) is an autosomal recessive condition caused by variants in the LIFR gene, presenting with respiratory failure, hyperthermia and skeletal dysplasia in the neonatal period. Historically identified as a lethal condition, more children are now managed holistically from early in life with multidisciplinary team involvement with improved outcomes. This stems from early diagnosis, supported by molecular testing in the pre and postnatal periods. This report includes five such cases with survival in childhood to 10 years old in the UK affected by skeletal abnormalities, hyperthermia, respiratory distress and their diagnostic odyssey. All cases have a molecular diagnosis; two patients (family 1) were found to be homozygous for a novel pathogenic LIFR variant NM_002310.5:c.704G > A, p.(Trp235Ter). One patient (family 2) is compound heterozygous with the previously reported LIFR variant NM_002310.5:c.756dup p.(Lys253Ter), and a second novel variant NM_002310.5:c.397+5G > A. Two patients (family 3) are homozygous for one of the same LIFR variants NM_002310.5:c.756dup p.(Lys253Ter) as in family 2. This report discusses genotypic and phenotypic data for five patients with STWS, as well as the need for multi-disciplinary, proactive management and genetic counselling.
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- Helen McDermott
- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Genetics Department, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, North East and Yorkshire Genomic Laboratory Hub Central Laboratory, Ashley Wing, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Radiology Department, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Genetics Department, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Genetics Department, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Genetics Department, Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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Warnier H, Barrea C, Bethlen S, Schrouff I, Harvengt J. Clinical overview and outcome of the Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome: a systematic review. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2022; 17:174. [PMID: 35461249 PMCID: PMC9034487 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-022-02323-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) is a rare and severe genetic disease characterized by skeletal anomalies and dysautonomic disturbances requiring appropriate care. Peer support is mandatory to fill the lack of clinical recommendations in such rare diseases. We report a new case and provide the first systematic review of all previous published cases. OBJECTIVE To better describe the timeline of SWS and to improve paediatric management. DATA SOURCES SWS English publications available on Pubmed until 31/03/2021. STUDY SELECTION Case description combining typical osteo-articular and dysautonomic involvement (with 2 items by categories required for children < 2 years and 3 items > 2 years). DATA EXTRACTION Demographic, clinical, genetics and outcome data. RESULTS In our cohort of 69 patients, the median age at report was 32 months. Only 46% presented antenatal signs. Mortality rate is higher during the first 2 years (42% < 2 years; 10% > 2 years) mainly due to respiratory failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension appearing to be a poor prognosis factor (mortality rate 63%). After 2 years, orthopaedic symptoms significantly increase including joint mobility restriction (81%), spinal deformations (77%) and fractures (61%). CONCLUSIONS Natural history of SWS is marked by a high mortality rate before 2 years due to dysautonomic disturbances. A specialized multidisciplinary approach is needed to address these early mortality risks and then adapt to the specific, mainly orthopaedic, needs of patients after 2 years of age. Further research is required to provide clinical guidelines and improve pre-natal counselling.
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- Department of Paediatrics, Neuropeadiatrics, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Physical Medicine, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, CHU of Liège, Avenue de l'Hôpital 1, Sart-Tilman, 4000, Liège, Belgium.
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Alallah J, Alamoudi LO, Makki RM, Shawli A, AlHarbi AT. Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome with a novel mutation in a Saudi infant. Int J Pediatr Adolesc Med 2021; 9:143-146. [PMID: 35663789 PMCID: PMC9152555 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpam.2021.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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A full-term male infant born from consanguineous Saudi parents, with one other live child, is suspected to have skeletal dysplasia on a fetal anomaly scan. Clinical findings at birth included short stature, bowed long bone affecting the lower limbs more than the upper limbs, severe joint contractures with restricted movement, failure to thrive, hypertonia, and camptodactyly of the index fingers. During infancy, the baby is noted to have sucking and swallowing difficulties necessitated nasogastric tube feeding, and recurrent respiratory distress episodes with frequent admissions due to respiratory failure required intensive care admission and mechanical ventilation. The skeletal survey demonstrated dysplasia of long bones and spine. To investigate a suspect genetic syndrome, a whole-exome sequencing test was performed, which identified a novel homozygous mutation in the LIFR gene.
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- Jubara Alallah
- Neonatology Section, Paediatric Department, King Abdulaziz Medical City-WR, Ministry Of National Guard, Saudi Arabia
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Corresponding author. King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Neonatology Section, Pediatric Department, king Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard health Affair, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. P.O.Box 9515, Jeddah, 2123, Saudi Arabia.
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- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- Departments of Clinical Genetics, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Siccha SM, Cueto AM, Parrón-Pajares M, González-Morán G, Pacio-Miguez M, Del Pozo Á, Solís M, Rodriguez-Jimenez C, Caino S, Fano V, Heath KE, García-Miñaúr S, Palomares-Bralo M, Santos-Simarro F. Delineation of the clinical and radiological features of Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome childhood survivors, four new cases and review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A 2020; 185:856-865. [PMID: 33305909 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS; MIM 601559) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the leukemia inhibitor factor receptor gene (LIFR). Common clinical and radiological findings are often observed, and high neonatal mortality occurs due to respiratory distress and hyperthermic episodes. Despite initially considered as a lethal disorder during the newborn period, in recent years, several SWS childhood survivors have been reported. We report a detailed clinical and radiological characterization of four unrelated childhood SWS molecularly confirmed patients and review 22 previously reported childhood surviving cases. We contribute to the definition of the childhood survival phenotype of SWS, emphasizing the evolving phenotype, characterized by skeletal abnormalities with typical radiological findings, distinctive dysmorphic features, and dysautonomia. Based on the typical features and clinical course, early diagnosis is possible and crucial to plan appropriate management and prevent potential complications. Genetic confirmation is advisable in order to improve genetic counseling to the patients and their families.
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- Sofía M Siccha
- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario la Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,Medical Genetics Group, Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN CRANIO, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE) and ERN BOND, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain
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- Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE) and ERN BOND, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Universitario la Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, U753), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, U753), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain
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- Growth and Developmental Department Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Growth and Developmental Department Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE) and ERN BOND, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, U753), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, U753), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, U753), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Medical & Molecular Genetics (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain.,Skeletal Dysplasia Multidisciplinary Unit (UMDE) and ERN BOND, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.,European Reference Network, ERN ITHACA, Madrid, Spain.,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER, U753), Instituto Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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Oxford AE, Jorcyk CL, Oxford JT. Neuropathies of Stüve-Wiedemann Syndrome due to mutations in leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 1:37-44. [PMID: 28058407 DOI: 10.29245/2572.942x/2016/7.1068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (STWS; OMIM #610559) is a rare disease that results in dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary processes such as breathing rate and body temperature. In infants, this can result in respiratory distress, feeding and swallowing difficulties, and hyperthermic episodes. Individuals may sweat excessively when body temperature is not elevated. Additionally, individuals have reduced ability to feel pain and may lose reflexes such as the corneal reflex that normally causes one to blink, and the patellar reflex resulting in the knee-jerk. STWS usually results in infant mortality, yet some STWS patients survive into early adulthood. STWS is caused by a mutation in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) gene, which is inherited in an autosomal-recessive pattern. Most LIFR mutations resulting in STWS cause instability of the mRNA due to frameshift mutations leading to premature stop codons, which prevent the formation of LIFR protein. STWS is managed on a symptomatic basis as no treatment is currently available.
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- Alexandra E Oxford
- Boise State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Research Center, 1910 University Drive, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
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- Boise State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Research Center, 1910 University Drive, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
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- Boise State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Research Center, 1910 University Drive, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725
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Romeo Bertola D, Honjo RS, Baratela WAR. Stüve-Wiedemann Syndrome: Update on Clinical and Genetic Aspects. Mol Syndromol 2016; 7:12-8. [PMID: 27194968 DOI: 10.1159/000444729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by bowed long bones, joint restrictions, dysautonomia, and respiratory and feeding difficulties, leading to death in the neonatal period and infancy in several occasions. Since the first cases in 1971, much has been learned about this condition, including its molecular basis - mutations in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor gene (LIFR) -, natural history and management possibilities. This review aims to highlight the clinical aspects, radiological features, molecular findings, and management strategies in Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome.
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- Débora Romeo Bertola
- Unidade de Genética, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Unidade de Genética, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Unidade de Genética, Instituto da Criança do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), São Paulo, Brazil
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Hatagami Marques J, Lopes Yamamoto G, de Cássia Testai L, da Costa Pereira A, Kim CA, Passos-Bueno MR, Romeo Bertola D. Intragenic Deletion in the LIFR Gene in a Long-Term Survivor with Stüve-Wiedemann Syndrome. Mol Syndromol 2015; 6:87-90. [PMID: 26279654 DOI: 10.1159/000407418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS, OMIM 601559) is a rare autosomal recessive bent-bone dysplasia, caused by loss-of-function mutations in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) gene, which usually leads to early death. Only few patients with long-term survival have been described in the literature. We report on a 5-year-old boy from a consanguineous marriage with molecular analysis for the LIFR gene. Sanger and next-generation sequencing (NGS) of LIFR were performed. Copy number variation analysis with NGS showed a novel mutation as the cause for the syndrome: an intragenic homozygous deletion in LIFR, involving exons 15-20. Bridging PCR was carried out to confirm the intragenic deletion. This is the first description of a large deletion in LIFR, broadening the spectrum of mutations in SWS. Besides the reported allelic heterogeneity, further studies such as exome sequencing are required to identify a novel gene in order to confirm the locus heterogeneity in SWS.
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto da Criança, São Paulo, Brazil ; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto da Criança, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Instituto da Criança, São Paulo, Brazil ; Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Palejwala NV, Stempel AJ, Stout JT. Bilateral giant retinal tears in a pediatric patient with leukemia inhibitory factor receptor deficiency (Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome). Retin Cases Brief Rep 2015; 9:245-247. [PMID: 25876185 DOI: 10.1097/icb.0000000000000150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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PURPOSE To describe a case of retinal detachment in a patient with Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome. METHODS This report is a retrospective observational case report. The patient's demographics include age, gender, and race, as well as visual acuity, ophthalmic examination, and surgical intervention were extracted from the medical record. For immunohistochemistry studies, a sample of normal human retina from an enucleated specimen was obtained from the Pathology laboratory. A leukemia inhibitory factor receptor/CD118 antibody was obtained from Santa Cruz Biotechnology. RESULTS A 13-year-old Hispanic boy with known history of Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (confirmed by genetic testing) presented with bilateral rhegmatogenous retinal detachments secondary to bilateral giant retinal tears. He underwent multiple surgical repairs in both eyes, resulting in successful reattachment in the right eye and an intractable closed funnel detachment in the left eye. CONCLUSION This is the first case of vitreoretinal pathology reported in Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome. Using immunohistochemistry staining, the authors found ubiquitous expression of leukemia inhibitory factor receptor protein in the normal human retina. They hypothesize that leukemia inhibitory factor receptor mutation may cause intrinsic weakness of the neurosensory retina predisposing it to injury.
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- Neal V Palejwala
- *Casey Eye Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon; and †Alkek Eye Center, Jamail Specialty Care Center, Houston, Texas
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Mikelonis D, Jorcyk CL, Tawara K, Oxford JT. Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome: LIFR and associated cytokines in clinical course and etiology. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2014; 9:34. [PMID: 24618404 PMCID: PMC3995696 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-9-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2013] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (STWS; OMIM #610559) is a rare bent-bone dysplasia that includes radiologic bone anomalies, respiratory distress, feeding difficulties, and hyperthermic episodes. STWS usually results in infant mortality, yet some STWS patients survive into and, in some cases, beyond adolescence. STWS is caused by a mutation in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) gene, which is inherited in an autosomally recessive pattern. Most LIFR mutations resulting in STWS are null mutations which cause instability of the mRNA and prevent the formation of LIFR, impairing the signaling pathway. LIFR signaling usually follows the JAK/STAT3 pathway, and is initiated by several interleukin-6-type cytokines. STWS is managed on a symptomatic basis since there is no treatment currently available.
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- Boise State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Biomolecular Research Center, 1910 University Drive, Boise State University, Boise ID 83725, USA.
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PURPOSE Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome is a rare condition consisting of bone dysplasia, hypotony, and dysautonomia with ocular and neuropathic features. We present the ocular findings and visual outcome in 4 patients (2 siblings, 1 related cousin, and 1 unrelated patient) with this syndrome. METHODS A retrospective case series review. Clinical notes of 4 patients with Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome were reviewed for findings of systemic features, ocular examination, visual acuity, and ocular procedures. RESULTS The median age at presentation was 16 months (range, 14-72 months). All 4 cases consisted of bilateral plaque-like corneal scarring with reduced corneal sensation. Treatment comprised topical lubrication, punctal plugs, lateral tarsorrhaphies, surgical optical iridectomies when required, and aggressive visual rehabilitation with frequent refraction and occlusion therapy if necessary. Mean best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) in the eye with best vision was 0.86 logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) (range, 0.72-1.1 logMAR) at presentation and 0.43 logMAR (range, 0.25-0.56 logMAR) at the last follow-up. The BCVA in the eye with worst vision was 0.98 logMAR (range, 0.72-1.3 logMAR) at presentation and 0.68 logMAR (range, 0.47-1.0 logMAR) at the last follow-up. The median follow-up was 3.2 years (range, 1.1-5.8 years). CONCLUSIONS All of our patients showed improved BCVA with the treatment regimen prescribed. Given these children's debilitating orthopedic problems, visual function is important and has hitherto been reported as being poor.
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) is a severe congenital skeletal dysplasia associated with life threatening dysautonomic manifestations. Newborns affected with this condition exhibit distinctive shortening and bowing of the long bones with reduced bone volume. The majority of affected newborns die early due to neuromuscular complications namely hyperthermia, apnea, and swallowing difficulties. In this review, we provide an overall picture on the clinical, including long-term management, molecular and cellular aspects of SWS and discuss briefly other related bent bone dysplasias.
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- N A Akawi
- Department of Pathology Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Jung C, Dagoneau N, Baujat G, Le Merrer M, David A, Di Rocco M, Hamel B, Mégarbané A, Superti-Furga A, Unger S, Munnich A, Cormier-Daire V. Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome: long-term follow-up and genetic heterogeneity. Clin Genet 2010; 77:266-72. [PMID: 20447141 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2009.01314.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS, OMIM 601559) is a severe autosomal recessive condition caused by mutations in the leukemia inhibitory receptor (LIFR) gene. The main characteristic features are bowing of the long bones, neonatal respiratory distress, swallowing/sucking difficulties and dysautonomia symptoms including temperature instability often leading to death in the first years of life. We report here four patients with SWS who have survived beyond 36 months of age with no LIFR mutation. These patients have been compared with six unreported SWS survivors carrying null LIFR mutations. We provide evidence of clinical homogeneity of the syndrome in spite of the genetic heterogeneity.
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- C Jung
- Department of Genetics, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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Hassan A, Whately C, Letts M. The orthopaedic manifestations and management of children with Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 92:880-4. [DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.92b6.23486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome is an autosomal-recessive disorder characterised by bowing of the long bones, progressive scoliosis, episodic hyperthermia and respiratory distress, usually resulting in death in infancy. We reviewed five children with the condition who had been followed since birth and who survived into childhood with a mean age at operation of 7.8 years (5 to 14). There was marked functional impairment with dysplasia of the long bones and scoliosis. Treatment of the triplanar deformities of the femora involved the use of the Ilizarov technique with the Taylor Spatial Frame. Walking was preserved and improved in three children along with considerable enhancement of the appearance. Early insertion of a growing rod to control the progressive juvenile scoliosis was beneficial. The use of the Taylor Spatial Frame is strongly recommended to address the major complex deformities of the lower limbs which are encountered in this condition and to prevent their progression.
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- A. Hassan
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, PO 5190 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery Welcare Hospital, PO 215565 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- 66 216 Botanica, Ottawa, Ontario L1Y 4P9, Canada
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Abnormal oral-pharyngeal swallowing as cause of morbidity and early death in Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome. Eur J Med Genet 2009; 52:242-6. [PMID: 19371797 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2009.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2008] [Accepted: 04/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) is an autosomal recessive bone dysplasia (OMIM #601559) characterized by bowing of long bones, camptodactyly, respiratory insufficiency, hyperthermic episodes, and neonatal death from hyperthermia or apnea. We describe two female siblings with SWS born from consanguineous Gypsy parents. For a further delineation of SWS, we report hypothyroidism and ectopic thyroid as part of its phenotypic spectrum. Molecular study in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) gene (OMIM *151 443) demonstrated the presence of a mutation. We observed that in one of our patients, oropharyngeal disruption in the swallowing process caused repetitive aspiration pneumonias, life-threatening events, and finally death. We emphasize that these features represent dysautonomic manifestations of SWS, and are probably related to pharyngoesophageal dyskinesia due to abnormal autonomic control of the anterior rami of cervical roots C1-C5.
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Al Kaissi A, Rumpler M, Csepan R, Grill F, Klaushofer K. Congenital contractures and distinctive phenotypic features consistent with Stuve-Wiedmann syndrome in a male infant. CASES JOURNAL 2008; 1:121. [PMID: 18718019 PMCID: PMC2533000 DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-1-121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2008] [Accepted: 08/21/2008] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Introduction Expressionless face associated with multiple contractures has been encountered in an infant. There is a wide range of misconception regarding the categorization of children with multiple contractures among different pediatric disciplines. The fundamental element in categorizing children with multiple contractures is "the etiological understanding". In the absence of concomitant neuromuscular disease, however, the search for other reasons is mandatory. Our present paper signifies the necessity of proper interpretations of unusual clinical and radiographic features. Case presentation We describe a 3-months-old-infant presented with the phenotypic and the radiographic features consistent with the diagnosis of Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome. We report what might be the first clinical report of Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome from a consanguineous family in Austria. Conclusion Congenital limitations of the hips in a newborn infant raise the possibility of " Congenital Hip Dislocation". As congenital hip dislocation is a dysplastic process. Here further knowledge by the pediatrician and the orthopaedic surgeon is needed. Our present patient appears to constitute a distinct pathological entity consistent with Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS). Superti-Furga et al, and Cormier-Daire et al, also suggest that Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome and Schwartz-Jampel syndrome type 2 are allelic conditions. We wish to stress that, given the rarity of syndromic malformation complex, our impression is that it is more common than it is reported.
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- Ali Al Kaissi
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology, at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and, AUVA Trauma Centre Meidling, 4th Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
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Gaspar IM, Saldanha T, Cabral P, Vilhena MM, Tuna M, Costa C, Dagoneau N, Daire VC, Hennekam RCM. Long-term follow-up in Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome: a clinical report. Am J Med Genet A 2008; 146A:1748-53. [PMID: 18546280 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) is an autosomal recessively inherited disorder that is usually associated with high mortality in the neonatal period. Eleven cases have been published with prolonged survival, the oldest being 16 years. This phenotype is characterized by progressive skeletal anomalies including short stature, severe spinal deformities, bowing of the long bones, contractures and spontaneous fractures, and by neurological features that resemble dysautonomia. Here we report on the natural history of a Portuguese girl from birth till 12 years. The diagnosis was molecularly confirmed by the detection of a homozygous 4 bp deletion (167_170 del TAAC) in exon 3 of LIFR. We compare the findings in this patient to other patients with prolonged survival from the literature.
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Langer R, Al-Gazali L, Raupp P, Varady E. Radiological manifestations of the skeleton, lungs and brain in Stueve-Wiedemann syndrome. AUSTRALASIAN RADIOLOGY 2007; 51:203-10. [PMID: 17504309 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01714.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A total of 25 patients with the rare skeletal dysplasia Stueve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) have been evaluated during the last 11 years. Of all patients with clinical suspicion of SWS, skeletal and chest radiographs were obtained for classification of the underlying skeletal dysplasia. In one case, CT was carried out for the first time for further investigation of the midface hypoplasia. Typical conventional radiological findings and CT features were analysed and compared with published data. Early diagnosis of SWS was made by correlating radiological and clinical findings. Follow-up radiological examinations of the skeleton and of the chest were carried out in six children surviving infancy for evaluation of progression. Clinically, they suffered from progressive orthopaedic problems, recurrent aspiration pneumonia and recurrent episodes of hyperthermia, as well as cutaneous infections. Radiologically progressive bowing of the long tubular bones and progressive metaphyseal decalcification were present on follow-up skeletal radiographs. Skeletal abnormalities in SWS are so characteristic that an early post-partum diagnosis can be made by correlation of typical clinical and radiological findings. Few cases survive infancy. First, these patients face progressive orthopaedic problems and respiratory infections.
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- R Langer
- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Sarri C, Gyftodimou Y, Grigoriadou M, Pandelia E, Kalogirou S, Kokotas H, Mrasek K, Weise A, Petersen MB. Supernumerary marker chromosome 5 diagnosed by M-FISH in a child with congenital heart defect and unusual face. Cytogenet Genome Res 2006; 114:330-7. [PMID: 16954675 DOI: 10.1159/000094222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2005] [Accepted: 01/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We describe a female patient with a small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) present in mosaic and characterized in detail by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using all 24 human whole chromosome painting probes, multicolor banding (MCB) and subcentromere specific multicolor FISH (subcenM-FISH). The sSMC was demonstrated to be derived from chromosome 5 and the karyotype of our patient was as follows: 47,XX,+mar.ish r(5)(::p13.2 approximately p13.3-->q11.2::) [60%]/46,XX [40%]. Partial trisomy for the proximal 5p and q chromosomal regions is a rare event. A critical region exists at 5p13 for the phenotype associated with duplication 5p. As far as we know, eight similar cases have been published up to now. We describe a new case which, to our knowledge, is the first characterized in such detail. The role of uniparental disomy (UPD) in cases of SMC is also discussed.
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- C Sarri
- Genetics Department, Institute of Child Health, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Dagoneau N, Scheffer D, Huber C, Al-Gazali LI, Di Rocco M, Godard A, Martinovic J, Raas-Rothschild A, Sigaudy S, Unger S, Nicole S, Fontaine B, Taupin JL, Moreau JF, Superti-Furga A, Le Merrer M, Bonaventure J, Munnich A, Legeai-Mallet L, Cormier-Daire V. Null leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) mutations in Stuve-Wiedemann/Schwartz-Jampel type 2 syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2004; 74:298-305. [PMID: 14740318 PMCID: PMC1181927 DOI: 10.1086/381715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2003] [Accepted: 11/11/2003] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) is a severe autosomal recessive condition characterized by bowing of the long bones, with cortical thickening, flared metaphyses with coarsened trabecular pattern, camptodactyly, respiratory distress, feeding difficulties, and hyperthermic episodes responsible for early lethality. Clinical overlap with Schwartz-Jampel type 2 syndrome (SJS2) has suggested that SWS and SJS2 could be allelic disorders. Through studying a series of 19 families with SWS/SJS2, we have mapped the disease gene to chromosome 5p13.1 at locus D5S418 (Zmax=10.66 at theta =0) and have identified null mutations in the leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR or gp190 chain) gene. A total of 14 distinct mutations were identified in the 19 families. An identical frameshift insertion (653_654insT) was identified in families from the United Arab Emirates, suggesting a founder effect in that region. It is interesting that 12/14 mutations predicted premature termination of translation. Functional studies indicated that these mutations alter the stability of LIFR messenger RNA transcripts, resulting in the absence of the LIFR protein and in the impairment of the JAK/STAT3 signaling pathway in patient cells. We conclude, therefore, that SWS and SJS2 represent a single clinically and genetically homogeneous condition due to null mutations in the LIFR gene on chromosome 5p13.
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- Nathalie Dagoneau
- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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- Department of Medical Genetics and INSERM U393, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, and INSERM U546, Faculté de Médecine Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain; Second Unit of Pediatrics, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa; INSERM U463, Institut de Biologie, Nantes, France; Department of Genetics, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem; Hôpital d’Enfants de La Timone, Marseille; Division of Clinical and Genetic Metabolics, University of Toronto, Toronto; CNRS UMR 5540, Université Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux; and Department of Pediatrics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne
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Crisponi syndrome was described in the original paper in 17 patients form 12 families [Crisponi, 1996: Am J Med Genet 62:365-371]. It is characterised by episodes of muscle contraction in response to external stimuli and intermittent hypethermia with neonatal onset. The disease is often lethal in the first infancy. We describe a patient with the same unusual phenotype.
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- P Accorsi
- Divisione di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, A.O. Spedali Civili di Brescia, Piazzale Spedali Civili, 25123 Brescia, Italy.
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Raas-Rothschild A, Ergaz-Schaltiel Z, Bar-Ziv J, Rein AJJT. Cardiovascular abnormalities associated with the Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2003; 121A:156-8. [PMID: 12910496 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The Stuve-Wiedemann syndrome (SWS) is a congenital bone dysplasia characterized by camptodactyly with ulnar deviation and congenital bowing of the long bones. Affected patients present with respiratory difficulties in the neonatal period or later and recurrent episodes of hyperthermia. The typical radiological findings are bowing of the long bones of the lower limbs, wide metaphyses with decreased density, and abnormal trabecular pattern. Generally, respiratory insufficiency and hyperthermia are reported to be the cause of death. We report on two sibs with SWS, who died from severe pulmonary hypertension with pulmonary artery wall abnormality. We suggest a common pathophysiological process, which could explain the cardiovascular findings that we observed immediately after birth in the two affected sibs. We hypothesize that the severe pulmonary hypertension due to the arterial wall abnormality could explain the neonatal death of these two children.
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Di Rocco M, Dodero P. Concerning "Five additional Costello syndrome patients with rhabdomyosarcoma: proposal for a tumor screening protocol". Am J Med Genet A 2003; 118A:199. [PMID: 12698963 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.10879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Al-Gazali LI, Ravenscroft A, Feng A, Shubbar A, Al-Saggaf A, Haas D. Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome in children surviving infancy: clinical and radiological features. Clin Dysmorphol 2003; 12:1-8. [PMID: 12514358 DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200301000-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We report three children from two inbred Arab families with Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome who have survived the first year of life (ages are 6 years, 2.8 years and 2 years). All exhibited a characteristic phenotype resembling that described by Chen et al.[(2001). Am J Med Genet 101:240-245]. In all three children the skeletal abnormalities progressed to severe bowing of the long bones with prominent joints and severe spinal deformity. Neurological symptoms were present in all of them. These included temperature instability with excessive sweating, reduced pain sensation with repeated injury to the tongue and limbs, absent corneal reflexes and a smooth tongue. Mentality was normal in all of them. Radiological changes included under tubulation of the diaphyses, rarefaction and striation of metaphyses, destruction of the femoral heads and spinal deformity. We confirm that survival in this syndrome is possible and that the prognosis improves after the first year of life. This should be taken into consideration when counselling parents of affected children. This report further supports the existence of a characteristic phenotype in Stüve-Wiedemann syndrome survivors which include, in addition to the skeletal abnormalities and distinctive radiological features, neurological symptoms reminiscent of dysautonomia.
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- L I Al-Gazali
- Paediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, PO Box 17666, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Reed UC, Reimão R, Espíndola AÁ, Kok F, Ferreira LG, Resende MBD, Messias TC, Carvalho MS, Diament A, Scaff M, Marie SKN. Schwartz-jampel syndrome: report of five cases. ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA 2002. [DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2002000500010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe five patients with Schwartz-Jampel syndrome (SJS) examined at the outpatient service for neuromuscular disorders at our Institution from 1996 to 1999 with the objective of emphasizing the characteristic dysmorphic phenotype of SJS and its different clinical forms. Two cases presented SJS-type 1A, two had SJS-type 1B and one manifested SJS-type 2. Two boys with 3 and 13 years of age had generalized stiffness and the characteristic facial as well as osteoarticular changes from birth. Other two boys with 11 and 7 years had less marked dysmorphic changes at birth and manifested myotonia, as a limiting factor, during the second year of age. A girl with two months of age had severe myotonia from birth leading to feeding diffuculties. In all cases the diagnosis was based on dysmorphic features, and on electromyographic changes showing continuous electrical activity of muscle fibers. All were treated with carbamazepine, 20-30 mg/Kg since diagnosis. The four boys (all with normal intelligence) improved of myotonia in daily activities, markedly in three, and moderately in one. The girl did not improve and showed global development delay: by the last follow-up (at 20 months of age) she did not sit unsupported, and had mental retardation. Carbamazepine in SJS-type 1 improves general daily performance and psychological status of the patients.
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