A New Case of Rare Microdeletion 10q22.3q23 along with Mosaic Klinefelter Syndrome Associated with Facial Dysmorphic Finding, Atrial Ventricular Septal Defect, and Motor Retardation.

The chromosome 10q22.3q23.2 deletion syndrome is characterized by craniofacial dysmorphic features, developmental delay, congenital heart defect, and hand/foot abnormalities. In this study, we report a patient carrying a microdeletion of 7.5 Mb at 10q22.3q23.2 and in addition a mosaicism mos 47,XXY[47]/46,XY[23]. This male patient was 3 years and 3 months years old at the time of genetic evaluation. Atrial ventricular septal defect (AVSD), mild hypotonia, torticollis, and left-sided club foot were noticed after birth. The boy had surgical correction of the AVSD and the club foot. His dysmorphic features were frontal bossing, overfolded ear helix, hypertelorism, epicanthal folds, broad base of nose, flat nasal bridge, full cheeks, thick lips, micrognathia, and joint hyperextensibility. His speech/language development was delayed. Klinefelter syndrome is one of the most common congenital chromosomal abnormalities, but usually it is detected in puberty or in adulthood when reproductive failure occurs. Deletions in the 10q22.3q23.2 region are rare, and previously only a few numbers of cases were described with this microdeletion, but none of them together with Klinefelter syndrome and it could be associated with our case clinical features. The new case described will improve understanding the phenotype associated with 10q22.3q23.2 microdeletions. By presenting this case, we aimed to improve the understanding of the phenotype caused by the rare 10q22.3q23.2 deletion and to show the rare coexistence of this deletion with Klinefelter syndrome.

The Characteristics and Long-Term Course of Epilepsy in Lipoid Proteinosis: A Spectrum From Mild to Severe Seizures in Relation to ECM1 Mutations.

Lipoid proteinosis (LP) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by deposition of hyaline material in skin and mucosae. Epilepsy, as an extracutaneous manifestation associated with typical mesial temporal calcifications, has already been identified, but its characteristics and long-term prognosis have not been thoroughly investigated. We included 7 consecutive patients with LP with typical intracranial calcifications out of 16 patients with ECM1 mutations and investigated the semiologic features, ictal and interictal EEG findings, and long-term prognosis of epilepsy in this genodermatosis. Four of them had seizures (57.1%), and focal seizures with motionless staring were the most common seizure phenotype, originating from bilateral mesial temporal areas, but interictal spikes were scant. Auras were observed in three patients, mostly as epigastric sensation and déjà vu, which indicated mesial temporal lobe origin. Three patients with homozygous mutations in sixth and seventh exons of the ECM1 gene had a drug-resistant course at the end of long-term follow-up. Molecular genetic testing showed a rare compound heterozygous mutation in one patient, which was also associated with seizures but without drug-resistance. Our findings indicated a spectrum for epilepsy with a desperate drug-resistant course for decades in most patients with LP, which is still an underrecognized disease by neurologists.

Cleidocranial dysplasia: Clinical, endocrinologic and molecular findings in 15 patients from 11 families.

Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by skeletal anomalies such as delayed closure of the cranial sutures, underdeveloped or absent clavicles, multiple dental abnormalities, short stature and osteoporosis. RUNX2, encoding Runt DNA-binding domain protein important in osteoblast differentiation, is the only known gene related to the disease and identified as responsible in 70% of the cases. Our clinical evaluations revealed that short stature present at a rate of 28.6%, osteoporosis at a rate of 57.1% and osteopenia at 21.4%. In this study, RUNX2 sequencing revealed nine different variations in 11 families, eight being pathogenic of which one was novel gross insertion (c.1271_1272ins20) and one other being predicted benign in frame gross deletion (c.241_258del).