Homozygosity for a novel DTDST mutation in a child with a 'broad bone-platyspondylic' variant of diastrophic dysplasia

Clin Genet. 1999 Jul;56(1):71-6. doi: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.560110.x.

Abstract

Atypical or variant forms of well-known chondrodysplasias may pose diagnostic problems. We report on a girl with clinical features suggesting diastrophic dysplasia but with unusual radiographic features including severe platyspondyly, wide metaphyses, and fibular overgrowth, which are partially reminiscent of metatropic dysplasia. The diagnosis was clarified by molecular analysis of the DTDST gene, which revealed homozygosity for a previously undescribed mutation leading to a Q454P substitution in the 10th transmembrane domain of the DTDST sulfate transporter. Molecular analysis may be of particular value in such atypical cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Anion Transport Proteins
  • Biological Transport
  • Carrier Proteins / genetics*
  • Female
  • Homozygote*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / classification
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / genetics*
  • Radiography
  • Sulfate Transporters
  • Sulfates / metabolism

Substances

  • Anion Transport Proteins
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Membrane Transport Proteins
  • SLC26A2 protein, human
  • Sulfate Transporters
  • Sulfates