title: Craniosynostosis in cherubism.
abstract: Cherubism is a rare autosomal dominant fibro-osseous disorder that affects almost exclusively maxilla and mandible. Extracranial skeletal involvement is rare. We report on three affected males in three generations. The youngest affected relative was examined at age 4 months. He also had craniosynostosis. His affected father and grandfather had cherubism and clubbing of the fingers. Cherubism was mapped to region 4p16. Because of the associated cranio-synostosis, we excluded the FGFR3 gene as a candidate gene for cherubism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Free University of Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stiller
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Golder
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tiziani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reichenberger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Frege
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Opitz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Peters
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002636:Cherubism / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4 / Q000235:genetics; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities; D008437:Maxilla / Q000002:abnormalities; D008875:Middle Aged