Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome: Phenotypic Variability and Differential Diagnosis in 3 Cases with de novo BRAF Mutations.
Summary of "Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome: Phenotypic Variability and Differential Diagnosis in 3 Cases with de novo BRAF Mutations."
Cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome is a developmental disorder causing mental retardation and multiple congenital anomalies, including craniofacial, ectodermal, cardiac and musculoskeletal defects. Mutation of several genes in the RAS/MAPK (mitogen activated protein kinase) signaling pathway, most commonly BRAF, results in CFC syndrome. In this study, we report 3 new patients with CFC syndrome caused by mutation of BRAF. These patients differed in neurological impairment, craniofacial features and cardiac defects, while they shared relatively similar ectodermal and skeletal anomalies. They also displayed some overlapping features with Costello syndrome, another RAS/MAPK pathway disorder. Our findings highlight the clinical variability of CFC syndrome, with respect to severity and pattern of the affected organs, as well as the phenotypic overlap with the Costello syndrome.
Affiliation
Gazi University, School of Medicine, Department of Child Neurology, Ankara, Turkey.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Neuropediatrics
ISSN: 1439-1899
Pages: 127-31
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20859831
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0030-1262840
Medical and Biotech [MESH] Definitions
Antigens, Differentiation, T-lymphocyte
Antigens expressed on the cell membrane of T-lymphocytes during differentiation, activation, and normal and neoplastic transformation. Their phenotypic characterization is important in differential diagnosis and studies of thymic ontogeny and T-cell function.
Costello Syndrome
Rare congenital disorder with multiple anomalies including: characteristic dysmorphic craniofacial features, musculoskeletal abnormalities, neurocognitive delay, and high prevalence of cancer. Germline mutations in H-Ras protein can cause Costello syndrome. Costello syndrome shows early phenotypic overlap with other disorders that involve MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM (e.g., NOONAN SYNDROME and cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome).
Paget Disease Extramammary
A rare cutaneous neoplasm that occurs in the elderly. It develops more frequently in women and predominantly involves apocrine gland-bearing areas, especially the vulva, scrotum, and perianal areas. The lesions develop as erythematous scaly patches that progress to crusted, pruritic, erythematous plaques. The clinical differential diagnosis includes squamous cell carcinoma in situ and superficial fungal infection. It is generally thought to be an adenocarcinoma of the epidermis, from which it extends into the contiguous epithelium of hair follicles and eccrine sweat ducts. (DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1478)
Paget Disease, Extramammary
A rare cutaneous neoplasm that occurs in the elderly. It develops more frequently in women and predominantly involves apocrine gland-bearing areas, especially the vulva, scrotum, and perianal areas. The lesions develop as erythematous scaly patches that progress to crusted, pruritic, erythematous plaques. The clinical differential diagnosis includes squamous cell carcinoma in situ and superficial fungal infection. It is generally thought to be an adenocarcinoma of the epidermis, from which it extends into the contiguous epithelium of hair follicles and eccrine sweat ducts. (DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1478)
Diagnosis, Differential
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
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