Cás Eduardo Da, Ceroni José Ricardo Magliocco, Yamamoto Guilherme Lopes, Castro Matheus Augusto Araújo, Bisneto Edgard França, Jorge Alexander Augusto de Lima, Filho Joao Bosco Oliveira, Kim Chong Ae, Krepischi Ana Cristina Vitorino, Bertola Débora Romeo
Clinical Genetics, Instituto da Criança, Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
DASA Genômica, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Clin Genet. 2025 Apr;107(4):453-457. doi: 10.1111/cge.14666. Epub 2024 Dec 8.
Split hand-foot malformation (SHFM) is a congenital limb malformation affecting primarily the central rays of the hands and/or feet, with variable expressivity, incomplete penetrance and syndromic forms. It is genetically heterogeneous, including point mutations and structural variants in different loci. Five individuals with SHFM were clinically evaluated in a Tertiary Center in Brazil: four of them presented additional, nonskeletal findings, including one individual with split foot, hand syndactyly, and ectodermal findings. Structural variants and point mutations in genes associated with SHFM were identified in all individuals. Our results highlight genetic heterogeneity observed in this group of skeletal disorders, alongside incomplete penetrance, a challenging task imposed on genetic counseling. Of note, an individual harboring a recurrent heterozygous variant in MAP3K20 presented a phenotype reminiscent of TP63-related disorders, contrary to the one recently reported in the literature with prominent facial dysmorphisms, expanding the phenotypic spectrum of this newly recognized syndromic form of SHFM.
Clin Genet. 2018-9-10
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