Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy Variant Associated With Congenital Bone Fractures
- 1 September 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Child Neurology
- Vol. 17 (9), 718-721
- https://doi.org/10.1177/088307380201700915
Abstract
Infantile autosomal recessive spinal muscular atrophy (type I) represents a lethal disorder leading to progressive symmetric muscular atrophy of limb and trunk muscles. Ninety-six percent cases of spinal muscular atrophy type I are caused by deletions or mutations in the survival motoneuron gene (SMN1) on chromosome 5q11.2-13.3. However, a number of chromosome 5q-negative patients with additional clinical features (respiratory distress, cerebellar hypoplasia) have been designated in the literature as infantile spinal muscular atrophy plus forms. In addition, the combination of severe spinal muscular atrophy and neurogenic arthrogryposis has been described. We present clinical, molecular, and autopsy findings of a newborn boy presenting with generalized muscular atrophy in combination with congenital bone fractures and extremely thin ribs but without contractures. (J Child Neurol 2002;17:718-721).Keywords
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