Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A
Volume 185, Issue 5, Pages 1379-1387Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62103
Keywords
limb-body wall defect; OEIS complex; pathogenesis; sirenomelia; VACTERL association; vitelline vascular steal
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- Greenwood Genetic Center Foundation
- South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs [2021-247-3B]
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control [PH-0-499]
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Decades of research have led to an understanding of the causes and pathogenesis of most recognized patterns of malformation, but there are still some patterns whose pathogenesis remains uncertain. Certain malformation patterns affecting caudal structures may share a common pathogenesis based on overlapping malformations and co-occurrence in individual fetuses.
Decades of clinical, pathological, and epidemiological study and the recent application of advanced microarray and gene sequencing technologies have led to an understanding of the causes and pathogenesis of most recognized patterns of malformation. Still, there remain a number of patterns of malformation whose pathogenesis has not been established. Six such patterns of malformation are sirenomelia, VACTERL association, OEIS complex, limb-body wall defect (LBWD), urorectal septum malformation (URSM) sequence, and MURCS association, all of which predominantly affect caudal structures. On the basis of the overlap of the component malformations, the co-occurrence in individual fetuses, and the findings on fetal examination, a common pathogenesis is proposed for these patterns of malformation. The presence of a single artery in the umbilical cord provides a visible clue to the pathogenesis of all cases of sirenomelia and 30%-50% of cases of VACTERL association, OEIS complex, URSM sequence, and LBWD. The single artery is formed by a coalescence of arteries that supply the yolk sac, arises from the descending aorta high in the abdominal cavity, and redirects blood flow from the developing caudal structures of the embryo to the placenta. This phenomenon during embryogenesis is termed vitelline vascular steal.
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