Cerebro-Costo-Mandibular syndrome: Clinical, radiological and genetic findings

Tooley, M, Lynch, D, Bernier, F, Parboosingh, J, Bhoj, E, Zackai, E, Calder, A, Itasaki, N, Wakeling, E, Scott, R, Lees, M, Clayton-Smith, J, Blyth, M, Morton, J, Shears, D, Kini, U, Homfray, T, Clarke, Angus John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-9286, Barnicoat, A, Wallis, C, Hewitson, R, Offiah, A, Saunders, M, Langton-Hewer, S, Hilliard, T, Davison, P and Smithson, S 2016. Cerebro-Costo-Mandibular syndrome: Clinical, radiological and genetic findings. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 170 (5) , pp. 1115-1126. 10.1002/ajmg.a.37587

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Abstract

Cerebro–Costo–Mandibular syndrome (CCMS) is a rare autosomal dominant condition comprising branchial arch-derivative malformations with striking rib-gaps. Affected patients often have respiratory difficulties, associated with upper airway obstruction, reduced thoracic capacity, and scoliosis. We describe a series of 12 sporadic and 4 familial patients including 13 infants/children and 3 adults. Severe micrognathia and reduced numbers of ribs with gaps are consistent findings. Cleft palate, feeding difficulties, respiratory distress, tracheostomy requirement, and scoliosis are common. Additional malformations such as horseshoe kidney, hypospadias, and septal heart defect may occur. Microcephaly and significant developmental delay are present in a small minority of patients. Key radiological findings are of a narrow thorax, multiple posterior rib gaps and abnormal costo-transverse articulation. A novel finding in 2 patients is bilateral accessory ossicles arising from the hyoid bone. Recently, specific mutations in SNRPB, which encodes components of the major spliceosome, have been found to cause CCMS. These mutations cluster in an alternatively spliced regulatory exon and result in altered SNRPB expression. DNA was available from 14 patients and SNRPB mutations were identified in 12 (4 previously reported). Eleven had recurrent mutations previously described in patients with CCMS and one had a novel mutation in the alternative exon. These results confirm the specificity of SNRPB mutations in CCMS and provide further evidence for the role of spliceosomal proteins in craniofacial and thoracic development.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cerebro–costo–mandibular syndrome; CCM syndrome; rib gaps; micrognathia; Pierre Robin syndrome
Publisher:	Wiley and Blackwell
ISSN:	1552-4825
Date of Acceptance:	25 January 2016
Last Modified:	02 Nov 2022 09:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/96072

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