Novel mutation in the CHST14 gene causing musculocontractural type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Sep 23:2018:bcr2018226165. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2018-226165.

Abstract

Musculocontractural type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (MC-EDS) is a recently recognised connective tissue disorder. MC-EDS is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the carbohydrate sulfotransferase 14 (CHST14) gene on chromosome 15q15. Herein, we report a case of a 3-year-old boy with MC-EDS in whom a novel mutation in the CHST14 gene was discovered. Besides being the second report of this rare disorder from India, the child till 3 years has not had any bleeding tendency as described in the earlier reports of this disorder.

Keywords: developmental paediatrocs; genetics; musculoskeletal and joint disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Codon, Nonsense*
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / genetics
  • Genetic Markers
  • Homozygote
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Sulfotransferases / genetics*

Substances

  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Genetic Markers
  • Sulfotransferases
  • dermatan-4-sulfotransferase-1

Supplementary concepts

  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, musculocontractural type 1