MICROARRAY DELINEATION OF DE NOVO DUPLICATION 1q32q42 IN A CHILD SHOWING MULTIPLE ANOMALIES AND DYSMORPHISM.

We present a 9 month-old baby girl with de novo pure interstitial duplication 1q. The girl has dysmorphic craniofacial features as well as neuromotor retardation, multiple subcutaneous solid tissue lesions, urogenital anomalies, cardiac defect, liver parenchyma heterogeneity and intracranial anomaly. The case of de novo duplication of 1q32q42 defined by G-banding and Microarray Comparative Genomic Hybridization (Microarray CGH) was presented with its clinical findings.

REVERSIBLE CLINICAL AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING FINDINGS IN LATE-ONSET COBALAMIN C DEFECT.

Cobalamin C (Cbl C) disease is an inborn error of intracellular cobalamin metabolism. Two distinct clinical types are defined according to the age of onset. We describe an 8 year old girl with late-onset Cbl C disease presenting with neuropsychiatric symptoms. Mutation analysis revealed homozygous c.394C>T (p.R132X) mutation in the MMACHC gene. Serial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before and after the treatment are provided. MRI of the brain before treatment showed bilateral patchy focal hyperintensities in the white matter and cortical atrophy. After treatment with intramuscular hydroxycobalamin, oral folinic acid, oral betaine, normalization of MRI findings can be achieved in addition to clinical improvement. We present this case to draw attention to the reversibility of clinical and MRI findings in the late onset Cbl C disease after treatment.

Desensitisation of the youngest patient with Pompe disease in response to alglucosidase alfa

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An extremely rare case: osteosclerotic metaphyseal dysplasia.

OMD (osteosclerotic metaphyseal dysplasia) is a very rare sclerosing bone disorder, first described by G. Nishimura in two Japanese siblings in 1993 (6). We report the case of a 12-month-old male with hypotonia, developmental delay and sclerosis of the metaphyses and epiphyses of specific bones. This 36-week gestation boy was born to a 26 year old gravida 5 para 1 Turkish mother and a 27 year old nonconsanguineous father. Radiographic findings obtained during the hospital stay included bilateral symmetrical osteosclerosis of the metaphyseal portions of the long bones in the upper and lower extremities with osteopenic shafts. Narrow bands of metaphyseal osteosclerosis were detected in the short tubular bones of the hands and feet. Growing parts of bilateral scapula, iliac, pubic and ischial bones show sclerotic bands. In addition superior and inferior plates of vertebras, transverse processes of sacral vertebras, all visible epiphyses, carpal and tarsal bones also show sclerotic changes. The scalp was unaffected. Based on the clinical, radiographic, and laboratory findings, a diagnosis of OMD was made. We do not know any of the osteosclerotic bone disorder with changes including hypotonia, mental and motor developmental delay and metaphyseal sclerosis of the bones with a unique distribution except OMD. The syndrome is characterized by developmental delay of a progressive nature, hypotonia, elevated alkaline phosphatase, and late-onset spastic paraplegia 18 years ago. Our patient is the 4th case of OMD described in the literature share some clinical and radiological similarities with other three reported cases of osteosclerotic metaphyseal dysplasias.