Meandros Med Dent J Case Report / Olgu Sunumu Shprintzen-Goldberg Syndrome: Case Report Shprintzen-Goldberg Sendromu: Olgu Sunumu Sinem Yalçıntepe1, Özge Özalp Yüreğir1, Sevcan Tuğ Bozdoğan2, Hüseyin Aslan3 1Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Genetic Diagnosis Center, Adana, Turkey 2Mersin University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Mersin, Turkey 3Eskişehir Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Eskişehir, Turkey Abstract Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome is a rare syndrome with craniosynostosis of coronal, sagittal or lambdoidal sutures, dolichocephaly, typical craniofacial features, skeletal abnormalities, scoliosis, joint hyperextensibility or contractures, neurological findings and brain malformations. Fifteen months old male patient with hydrocephalus and dysmorphic facial appearance was referred to our clinic for genetical evaluation. In his dysmorphic examination, the findings were dolichocephaly, prominent forehead and glabella, hypertelorism, prominent eyes, proptosis, depressed nasal root, anteverted nostrils, small nose, low-set and posteriorly rotated, dysplastic ears, microretrognathia, short philtrum, fish mouth of mouth, plump cheeks, high and narrow palate, secondary alveolar arch, pectus carinatum. Hands were small and he had arachnodactyly. Toes were thin. He had also hypotonia and umbilical hernia. With these findings, he was clinically diagnosed Keywords as Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome. This is the first reported case of Shprintzen- Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome, Goldberg syndrome from Turkey according to literature review. dolichocephaly, craniosynostosis Anah­tar­Ke­li­me­ler Shprintzen-Goldberg sendromu, dolikosefali, Öz Shprintzen-Goldberg sendromu koronal, sagital ya da lambdoid sütürlerin kraniosinostoz kraniyosinostozu, dolikosefali, tipik kraniofasiyal özellikler, iskelet anomalileri, skolyoz, eklem hiperekstansibilitesi veya kontraktürleri, nörolojik anomaliler Received/Geliş­Ta­rihi : 01.04.2015 ve beyin anomalileri ile karakterize nadir görülen bir sendromdur. On beş aylık Accepted/Ka­bul­Ta­ri­hi : 18.05.2015 erkek hasta, hidrosefali nedeniyle genetik inceleme amacıyla polikliniğimize yönlendirildi. Hastanın dismorfik muayenesinde, dolikosefali, belirgin alın ve doi:10.4274/meandros.2209 glabella, hipertelorizm, makroftalmik-proptotik görünüm, basık burun kökü, antevert burun delikleri, küçük burun, düşük, geriye yerleşimli ve displastik kulaklar, mikroretrognati, kısa filtrum, balık ağzı görünümü, dolgun yanaklar, yüksek ve dar Ad­dress­for­Cor­res­pon­den­ce/Ya­zış­ma­Ad­re­si: damak, sekonder alveolar kemer, pektus karinatum mevcuttu. Ayrıca eller küçüktü Sinem Yalçıntepe MD, ve araknodaktili görünümündeydi. Ayak parmakları da inceydi. Olguda hipotoni Adana Numune Training and Research ve umblikal herni mevcuttu. Hasta mevcut bulgularla değerlendirildiğinde; klinik Hospital, Genetic Diagnosis Center, Adana, olarak Shprintzen-Goldberg sendromu tanısı konuldu ve takibe alındı. Literatür Turkey taramalarında Türkiye’den bildirilen ilk olgu olduğunun görülmesi ve nadir görülen Phone : +90 537 716 86 91 bir olgu olması nedeniyle sunulmaktadır. E-mail : [email protected] ORCID ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-8885 Introduction © Meandros Medical and Dental Journal, Published by Galenos Publishing House. This is article distributed under the terms of the Shprintzen-Goldberg syndrome (SGS), is a syndrome characterized Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0). by typical dysmorphic features, craniosynostosis and marfanoid Meandros Med Dent J 2018;19:175-7 175 176 Yalçıntepe et al. Shprintzen-Goldberg Syndrome features, skeletal and neurological abnormalities. of pediatric neurology and brain surgery due to Craniosynostosis, dolichostenomelia, proptosis, low- hydrocephalus. set ears, arachnodactyly, camptodactyly, pes planus, On physical examination, body weight was pectus excavatum or carinatum, scoliosis, joint 9200 g (10-25 p), height was 72 cm (3-10 p), head hyperextensibility or contractures, hydrocephalus, circumference was 45 cm (25-50 p). On the dysmorphic dilatation of lateral ventricles, Chiari 1 malformation examination, dolichocephaly, large anterior fontanel, may be seen in this syndrome. Cardiovascular prominent forehead and glabella, hypertelorism, anomalies like prolapse of mitral valve, mitral macrophthalmic-proptotic appearance, flattened regurgitation, aortic regurgitation and aortic root nasal root, antevert nostrils, small nose, low, posterior dilatation may accompany. Minimal increasing of and displaced ears, microretrognatia, short philtrum, adipose tissue, abdominal wall defects, myopia and fish mouth, high and narrow palate, secondary cryptorchidism are also rarely seen in SGS. The weight of alveolar arch, pectus carinatum (Figure 1). We found patients generally tends to increase with age, while their also, his hands were small and associated with weights are generally below the third percentile (1). arachnodactyly and his toes were thin. Hypotonia and Craniosynostosis is seen in 40% of SGS patients. umbilical hernia were present in the patient. The anterior fontanel is large and often has a wider Developmental milestones were retarded. He did secondary alveolar arch. Hydrocephalus is seen in 40% not say a meaningful word at the age of 15 months. of cases. Umbilical hernia is among the commonly In brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), identified findings in patients (1). cerebellar tonsillar ectopia and supratentorial Diagnosis is based on clinical and radiological hydrocephalus (Arnold Chiari syndrome); in cervical- findings (C1-C2 anomalies, large anterior fontanel, thoracal-lumbar MRI cerebellar tonsillar ectopia and thin ribs, square shaped vertebrae and osteopenia) pectus carinatum were detected. and the SKI gene is known to be only gene associated The case was diagnosed as SGS because of with this syndrome (1). dolichocephaly, large anterior fontanel, hypertelorism, Nutritional problems, cyanosis due to respiratory ocular proptosis, posteriorly located, low-set ears, problems, obstructive apnea are frequently seen microretrognatia, pectus carinatum, umbilical hernia during the infantile period. The linear growth rate is and hydrocephalus. increasing with age. The patient's family and ethics committee have been granted permission for this study. There was no Case Report statistical analysis in this study. A 15-month-old male patient was referred to our genetics diagnosis center for genetic screening by the department of pediatric neurology where he was followed up for hydrocephalus. A healthy 24-year-old father and a 24-year-old healthy mother, who were not consanguineous; told that antenatal follow-ups of the mother regularly performed and developmental retardation was detected in the prenatal follow up of baby. The case was the first pregnancy of the mother and was delivered with spontaneous vaginal birth at the hospital, weighing 2.500 g. The family did not remember birth height and head circumference. Postnatal physical examination was found to be normal. The patient was taken to the pediatrics department by the family with the complaint of failure to thrive at the age of 2.5 months. After the examination, the child was followed up for further Figure 1. Dysmorphic appearance of Shprintzen-Goldberg examination and treatment by the department syndrome patient Meandros Med Dent J 2018;19:175-7 Yalçıntepe et al. Shprintzen-Goldberg Syndrome 177 Discussion anomalies, 13 pairs of ribs, square shaped vertebra, Chiari 1 malformation) are more common in SGS SGS is a syndrome characterized by marfanoid than LDS and MFS. Aortic root dilatation is common habitus, dolichocephaly, craniosynostosis, mental in LDS and MFS, although it is rare in SGS, it can be retardation, ocular proptosis, hypertelorism, down a very serious clinical entity (6). Aortic aneurysm is slanting palpebral fissures, strabismus, low-set ears, also more common in LDS. Congenital contractural micrognathia, arachnodactyly, camptodactyly. Mental arachnodactyly, frontometaphyseal dysplasia, retardation is a frequent finding, patients are hypotonic Melnick-Needles syndrome, Idaho syndrome and and developmental milestones are retarded. Findings Antley-Bixler syndrome should also be considered in such as thin and sparse hair, Chiari malformation, bifid the differential diagnosis. When all the differential uvula, choanal atresia/stenosis, vocal cord paralysis, diagnoses are considered, our patient complies with dental malocclusion, aortic root dilatation, mitral the SGS clinic with dysmorphic features and other valve prolapse, inguinal hernia, hyperelastic skin, clinical findings. hypospadias have also been described less frequently This is the firstly reported case of SGS from Turkey. in the patients. It is an example in terms of clinically encountered SGS was first presented by Sugarman and Vogel patients because it carries typical clinical findings. in a 17-year-old boy with plagiocephaly, multiple Ethics craniofacial, vertebral and skeletal anomalies, Informed Consent: Informed consent form was umbilical and inguinal hernia, hypotonia and mental taken. retardation. Shprintzen and Goldberg, 1982, described Peer-review: Internally peer-reviewed. this syndrome as a separate clinical form (1). In our Authorship Contributions case, hydrocephalus, dolichocephaly, large anterior Surgical and Medical Practices: S.Y., Ö.Ö.Y., Concept: fontanel, hypertelorism, ocular proptosis, low-set, Ö.Ö.Y., H.A., Design: S.Y.,