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A family with nine siblings showing signs of Rothmund–Thomson syndrome with two being definitely diagnosed with the syndrome due to homozygous N‐terminal mutation of RECQL4.

Authors :
Yadegari, Fatemeh
Abed, Aseel Rashid
Abd Ali, Widad Yadallah
Al‐Abedi, Haider Hamza
Zarinfam, Shiva
Aminian, Solaleh
Majidzadeh‐A, Keivan
Source :
Clinical Case Reports. Aug2024, Vol. 12 Issue 8, p1-6. 6p.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Key Clinical Message: This study presents a family with nine children, two of them diagnosed with RTS2 using genetic testing. The other siblings show some of the RTS2 criteria and are suggestive of the syndrome. Such reports help physicians be more alert in dealing with cases of rare syndromes. Timely initiation of genetic counseling and testing once the first child was diagnosed with the syndrome could have prevented the birth of affected siblings by RTS2. Since RTS2 patients could have a severe clinical manifestation as osteosarcoma which probably leads to death at a young age, the importance of genetic testing is even more underlined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20500904
Volume :
12
Issue :
8
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Clinical Case Reports
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
179237294
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.9176