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[Recessive osteopetrosis. Identification of a form of medium severity].

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Several distinct forms of osteopetrosis have been identified. Some of the autosomally recessive inherited forms are benign, much like the autosomal dominant form. Others are more malignant.
PATIENTS:
The clinical data, skeletal radiographs, histological features and histories of 32 children with osteopetrosis were analyzed retrospectively.
RESULTS:
The 32 patients, belonging to 20 sibships were divided into two groups. The first group included 24 patients, aged 1 day-11 months (mean 4.5 months), suffering from hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, thrombocytopenia and optic atrophy in early infancy. They also had a generalized increase in bone density, abnormal bone remodeling, rachitic lesions and a "bone-within-bone" appearance. Biopsies showed severe bone resorption and myelofibrosis. 19 of the 20 patients whose outcomes were known died during the first year of life. The second group included 8 patients, aged 40 days-3 years (mean: 11 months). Hepatosplenomegaly appeared later, anemia was less severe and thrombocytopenia occurred in only 1 patient. However, all 8 patients suffered from optic atrophy and 3 were deaf. Radiographs showed bone growth without rachitic lesions. Biopsies from 2 patients showed bone resorption, but no myelofibrosis. The outcome was less severe: 6 patients, now aged 8 months to 8 years, have survived, 3 of them for over 5 years. Genetic investigation showed patterns compatible with autosomal recessive inheritance in both groups, with similar sets of features within each sibship.
CONCLUSION:
This study reveals a new type of recessively inherited osteopetrosis. It can be classified as an intermediate form, distinct from both the malignant and the benign forms, and also distinct from osteopetrosis with carbonic anhydrase II deficiency.
AuthorsM Bejaoui, M Baraket, R Lakhoua, F Mezni, A Hammou Jeddi, A Kamoun, H Kharrat, S Essoussi, A Harbi, M F Ben Dridi
JournalArchives francaises de pediatrie (Arch Fr Pediatr) Vol. 49 Issue 7 Pg. 627-31 ( 1992) ISSN: 0003-9764 [Print] France
Vernacular TitleLa forme récessive de l'ostéopétrose. Individualisation d'une forme de gravité intermédiaire.
PMID1476480 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Child, Preschool
  • Genes, Recessive (genetics)
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Osteopetrosis (classification, diagnosis, epidemiology, genetics)
  • Retrospective Studies

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