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JOURNAL OF CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY
Volume 21, Issue 5, Pages 1346-1349Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181ef2bab
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Craniosynostosis; caudal appendage; sacrococcygeal eversion; FGFR2
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Caudal appendage is a rare but reported finding seen in association with craniosynostosis. We report a newborn with caudal appendage secondary to sacrococcygeal eversion, a cloverleaf skull, choanal atresia, and a heterozygous mutation of Y375C in the juxtamembrane domain (exon 11) of fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2). Further support of this association are 22 other cases of craniosynostosis with caudal appendage or sacrococcygeal eversion in the literature. Of these, 19 had detectable mutations in FGFR2; 5, the same mutation; and 5, a similar substitution of cysteine for serine. We hypothesize that the association of craniosynostosis and caudal appendage is due to abnormal expression of FGFR2 in the tail bud of a developing embryo based on animal models. Our case and those reported in the literature suggest that in patients with caudal appendage and craniosynostosis, FGRF2 analysis should include regions outside the commonly tested exons 8 and 10, particularly the juxtamembrane domain.
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