The Roberts syndrome: a case report of an infant with valvular aortic stenosis and mutation in ESCO2

J Pak Med Assoc. 2014 Apr;64(4):457-60.

Abstract

Roberts syndrome, which is inherited as an autosomal recessive group of disorders, is a rare syndrome characterized with symmetrical extremity defects, craniofacial abnormalities, and prenatal and postnatal growth retardation. Here, we present a case of Roberts Syndrome brought to the clinic with diarrhoea and multiple abnormalities, that had tetra phocomelia, growth and developmental retardation, abnormality of complete cleft lip-palate accompanied with Aortic stenosis and PDA, and in which cytogenetic analysis identified premature centromere separation. Mutation analysis of ESCO2 revealed a splice site mutation [c.1131+1G>A] in intron 6 in homozygous status in the patient and heterozygous status in the parents. Our case is the first Robert- Syndrome with valvular aortic stenosis in the literature, to the best of our knowledge.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acetyltransferases / genetics*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / etiology*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / genetics
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy
  • Balloon Valvuloplasty
  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / genetics*
  • Craniofacial Abnormalities
  • Ectromelia
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Hypertelorism
  • Infant
  • Male

Substances

  • Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
  • Acetyltransferases
  • ESCO2 protein, human

Supplementary concepts

  • Roberts Syndrome