Background: Several somatic mutations in TRAF7 have been reported in cancers, whereas a few germline heterozygous mutations have been recently linked to a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by craniofacial dysmorphisms, congenital heart defects, and digital anomalies. Cases: We report two subjects harboring de novo heterozygous missense variants in TRAF7, namely the recurrent 1964G>A(p.Arg655Gln) and the novel missense c.1204C>G(p.Leu402Val) variants. In addition to the typical hallmarks of the TRAF7-related disorder, both subjects presented with a recognizable “pear-shaped” skull due to multiple craniosynostosis, sinus pericranii, skull base/cranio-cervical junction anomalies, dysgyria, and inferior cerebellar vermis hypoplasia. Conclusions: Hence, we expand the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of this neurodevelopmental disorder, discussing possible implications for clinical management of subjects with germline TRAF7 mutations.

Sinus pericranii, skull defects, and structural brain anomalies in TRAF7-related disorder / Accogli, A.; Scala, M.; Pavanello, M.; Severino, M.; Gandolfo, C.; De Marco, P.; Musacchia, F.; Torella, A.; Pinelli, M.; Nigro, V.; Capra, V.. - In: BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. - ISSN 2472-1727. - 112:14(2020), pp. 1085-1092. [10.1002/bdr2.1711]

Sinus pericranii, skull defects, and structural brain anomalies in TRAF7-related disorder

Musacchia F.;Pinelli M.;
2020

Abstract

Background: Several somatic mutations in TRAF7 have been reported in cancers, whereas a few germline heterozygous mutations have been recently linked to a neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by craniofacial dysmorphisms, congenital heart defects, and digital anomalies. Cases: We report two subjects harboring de novo heterozygous missense variants in TRAF7, namely the recurrent 1964G>A(p.Arg655Gln) and the novel missense c.1204C>G(p.Leu402Val) variants. In addition to the typical hallmarks of the TRAF7-related disorder, both subjects presented with a recognizable “pear-shaped” skull due to multiple craniosynostosis, sinus pericranii, skull base/cranio-cervical junction anomalies, dysgyria, and inferior cerebellar vermis hypoplasia. Conclusions: Hence, we expand the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of this neurodevelopmental disorder, discussing possible implications for clinical management of subjects with germline TRAF7 mutations.
2020
Sinus pericranii, skull defects, and structural brain anomalies in TRAF7-related disorder / Accogli, A.; Scala, M.; Pavanello, M.; Severino, M.; Gandolfo, C.; De Marco, P.; Musacchia, F.; Torella, A.; Pinelli, M.; Nigro, V.; Capra, V.. - In: BIRTH DEFECTS RESEARCH. - ISSN 2472-1727. - 112:14(2020), pp. 1085-1092. [10.1002/bdr2.1711]
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