Novel mutation in the fukutin gene in an Egyptian family with Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy and microcephaly.

Abstract

Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy (FCMD, MIM#253800) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe muscular dystrophy associated with brain malformations. FCMD is the second most common form of muscular dystrophy after Duchenne muscular dystrophy and one of the most common autosomal recessive diseases among the Japanese population, and yet few patients outside of Japan had been reported with this disorder. We report the first known Egyptian patient with FCMD, established by clinical features of generalized weakness, pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles, progressive joint contractures, severe scoliosis, elevated serum creatine kinase level, myopathic electrodiagnostic changes, brain MRI with cobblestone complex, and mutation in the fukutin gene. In addition, our patient displayed primary microcephaly, not previously reported associated with fukutin mutations. Our results expand the geographic and clinical spectrum of fukutin mutations.

• Authors: Samira Ismail, Ashleigh E Schaffer, Rasim O Rosti, Joseph G Gleeson, Maha S Zaki
• Journal: Gene (Gene) Vol. 539 Issue 2 Pg. 279-82 (Apr 15 2014) ISSN: 1879-0038 [Electronic] Netherlands
• PMID: 24530477 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
• Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Chemical References

• FKTN protein, human
• Membrane Proteins

Topics

• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Humans
• Membrane Proteins (genetics)
• Microcephaly (genetics)
• Mutation (genetics)
• Prognosis
• Walker-Warburg Syndrome (genetics)