Molecular diagnosis reveals genetic heterogeneity for the overlapping MKKS and BBS phenotypes.
Hydrometrocolpos and polydactyly diagnosed in the prenatal period or early childhood may raise diagnostic dilemmas especially in distinguishing McKusick-Kaufman syndrome (MKKS) and the Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). These two conditions can initially overlap. With time, the additional features of BBS appearing in childhood, such as retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, learning disabilities and progressive renal dysfunction allow clear differentiation between BBS and MKKS. Genotype overlap also exists, as mutations in the MKKS-BBS6 gene are found in both syndromes. We report 7 patients diagnosed in the neonatal period with hydrometrocolpos and polydactyly who carry mutations in various BBS genes (BBS6, BBS2, BBS10, BBS8 and BBS12), stressing the importance of wide BBS genotyping in patients with this clinical association for diagnosis, prognosis and genetic counselling.
Service de Génétique Médicale: centre de référence anomalies du développement Grand-Est et centre de référence affections génétiques ophtalmologiques (CARGO), Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Elise
E
Schaefer
Myriam
M
Durand
Corinne
C
Stoetzel
Bérénice
B
Doray
Brigitte
B
Viville
Sophie
S
Hellé
Jean-Marc
JM
Danse
Christian
C
Hamel
Pierre
P
Bitoun
Alice
A
Goldenberg
Sonia
S
Finck
Laurence
L
Faivre
Sabine
S
Sigaudy
Muriel
M
Holder
Marie-Claire
MC
Vincent
Vincent
V
Marion
Dominique
D
Bonneau
Alain
A
Verloes
Israël
I
Nisand
Jean-Louis
JL
Mandel
Hélène
H
Dollfus
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D020788:Bardet-Biedl Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D005838:Genotype; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D052202:Hydrocolpos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D009154:Mutation; D010641:Phenotype; D017689:Polydactyly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics