Severe osteoporosis and mutation in NOTCH2 gene in a woman with Hajdu-Cheney syndrome.

Stathopoulos, Ioannis P; Trovas, George; Lampropoulou-Adamidou, Kalliopi; Koromila, Theodora; Kollia, Panagoula; Papaioannou, Nikolaos A; Lyritis, George · Bone · 2013

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Hajdu-Cheney syndrome (HCS) is a rare genetic disorder characterised by acro-osteolysis, skull deformation and generalised osteoporosis. Recently, truncating mutations in the last exon of NOTCH2, a protein-coding gene, were found to be responsible. We present the case of a young woman with HCS in whom clinical and radiologic diagnosis was confirmed with DNA tests.

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