Multilayered patella: similar radiographic findings in pseudoachondroplasia and recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia.

Abstract	A multilayered patella is a characteristic radiographic finding of recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (rMED) caused by DTDST mutations. However it has been recently reported in a dominant MED case with a COL9A2 mutation. We report on a new radiographic patellar finding in a patient with pseudoachondroplasia and a heterozygous COMP mutation. It is similar to the radiographic appearance of fusing multilayered patellae in rMED cases. This led us to search the International Skeletal Dysplasia Registry for similar abnormalities. We did not observe this finding in other skeletal dysplasias or other pseudoachondroplasia cases. However we found an accessory ossification center of the patella in another pseudoachondroplasia case. Thus, we hypothesize that variable defects of cartilage extracellular matrix can result in similar abnormal patellar ossifications, and emphasize the importance of a lateral knee radiograph in patients with the pseudoachondroplasia-MED bone dysplasia group of disorders.
Authors	Nithiwat Vatanavicharn, Ralph S Lachman, David L Rimoin
Journal	American journal of medical genetics. Part A (Am J Med Genet A) Vol. 146A Issue 13 Pg. 1682-6 (Jul 01 2008) ISSN: 1552-4833 [Electronic] United States
PMID	18546327 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
Copyright	(c) 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Chemical References	Anion Transport Proteins Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Collagen Type IX Extracellular Matrix Proteins Glycoproteins Matrilin Proteins SLC26A2 protein, human Sulfate Transporters TSP5 protein, human
Topics	Achondroplasia (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, genetics) Anion Transport Proteins (genetics) Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein Child Collagen Type IX (genetics) Diagnosis, Differential Extracellular Matrix Proteins (genetics) Female Genes, Dominant Genes, Recessive Glycoproteins (genetics) Heterozygote Humans Matrilin Proteins Mutation Osteochondrodysplasias (diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, genetics) Patella (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging) Phenotype Radiography Sulfate Transporters

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