Cleft palate and hypopituitarism in a patient with Noonan‐like syndrome with loose anagen hair‐1. Issue 9 (21st September 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Couser, Natario L.; Keelean‐Fuller, Debra; Davenport, Marsha L.; Haverfield, Eden; Masood, Maheer M.; Henin, Mark; Aylsworth, Arthur S.
• Is Part Of: American journal of medical genetics. Volume 176:Issue 9(2018)
• Page Start: 2024
• Page End: 2027
• Publication Date: 2018-09-21
• Subjects: cleft palate -- hypopituitarism -- Noonan syndrome -- Noonan‐like syndrome with loose anagen hair -- NS -- NS/LAH -- NSLH -- PPP1CB -- RAS‐MAPK -- SHOC2; Medical genetics -- Periodicals; 616.14205
• DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.40432
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1552-4825

Abstract

Abstract : Noonan syndrome (NS), the most common of the RASopathies, is a developmental disorder caused by heterozygous germline mutations in genes encoding proteins in the RAS‐MAPK signaling pathway. Noonan‐like syndrome with loose anagen hair (NSLH, including NSLH1, OMIM #607721 and NSLH2, OMIM #617506) is characterized by typical features of NS with additional findings of macrocephaly, loose anagen hair, growth hormone deficiency in some, and a higher incidence of intellectual disability. All NSLH1 reported cases to date have had an SHOC2 c.4A>G, p.Ser2Gly mutation; NSLH2 cases have been reported with a PPP1CB c.146G>C, p.Pro49Arg mutation, or c.166G>C, p.Ala56Pro mutation. True cleft palate does not appear to have been previously reported in individuals with NS or with NSLH. While some patients with NS have had growth hormone deficiency (GHD), other endocrine abnormalities are only rarely documented. We present a female patient with NSLH1 who was born with a posterior cleft palate, micrognathia, and mild hypotonia. Other findings in her childhood and young adulthood years include hearing loss, strabismus, and hypopituitarism with growth hormone, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), and gonadotropin deficiencies. The SHOC2 mutation may be responsible for this patient's additional features of cleft palate and hypopituitarism.