[Double mutant alleles in the EXT1 gene not previously reported in a teenager with hereditary multiple exostoses]

Arch Argent Pediatr. 2015 Apr;113(2):e109-12. doi: 10.5546/aap.2015.e109.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Hereditary forms of multiple exostoses, now called EXT1/EXT2-CDG within Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation, are the most common benign bone tumors in humans and clinical description consists of the formation of several cartilage-capped bone tumors, usually benign and localized in the juxta-epiphyseal region of long bones, although wide body dissemination in severe cases is not uncommon. Onset of the disease is variable ranging from 2-3 years up to 13-15 years with an estimated incidence ranging from 1/18,000 to 1/50,000 cases in European countries. We present a double mutant alleles in the EXT1 gene not previously reported in a teenager and her family with hereditary multiple exostoses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Alleles
  • Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mutation*
  • N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases / genetics*

Substances

  • N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferases
  • exostosin-1