Witteveen-Kolk syndrome: The first patient from Turkey

Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Feb;185(2):617-619. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61950. Epub 2020 Nov 3.

Abstract

Witteveen-Kolk syndrome is a rare genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability, developmental delay and dysmorphic facial features including a long face with prominent forehead, depressed nasal bridge, long-smooth philtrum and malformed ears. Skeletal abnormalities, microcephaly and malformation of the brain are other findings. This syndrome is caused by mutations in the SIN3A gene or microdeletions encompassing this gene. The protein encoded by SIN3A gene plays a regulatory role in the control of various developmental processes, especially cortical expansion and maturation. To date, 17 patients have been reported in the medical literature. In this article, we reported a patient with Witteveen-Kolk syndrome who had a retrognathia as an unusually finding. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first patient of Witteveen-Kolk syndrome reported from Turkey.

Keywords: SIN3A; Witteveen-Kolk syndrome; developmental delay; intellectual disability; malformed ears.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / diagnosis
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics*
  • Intellectual Disability / pathology
  • Microcephaly / diagnosis
  • Microcephaly / genetics*
  • Microcephaly / pathology
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Sin3 Histone Deacetylase and Corepressor Complex / genetics*
  • Turkey / epidemiology

Substances

  • SIN3A transcription factor
  • Sin3 Histone Deacetylase and Corepressor Complex