APC-like congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) in non-APC patients: Evidence for autosomal dominant transmission in one family
- Universite de Lausanne (Switzerland); and others
The presence of congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) is known to be the earliest phenotypic marker in carriers of a mutant allele of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC). The specificity of CHRPE is known to be over 97%, provided that the lesions are bilateral and their total number higher than 4. In the present study, we describe 3 patients from 2 unrelated families with bilateral multiple asymptomatic CHRPE (8-17), normal visual function and no family history of APC. Clinical examination failed to detect other extracolonic signs of APC nor did a search for adenomatous polyps by colonscopy. In one family, the ocular phenotype was transmitted from a father to his only son. Mutation hot spots at codons 302, 622, 625, 1061 and 1309 of the APC gene (about 25% of germline mutations) were all tested normal. We postulate that these APC-free ocular findings reflect the allelic involvement of a mutant APC allele that remains to be characterized. However, involvement of another yet unrecognized autosomal dominant gene cannot be ruled out and additional families with this unique trait should be studied.
- OSTI ID:
- 133585
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941009-; ISSN 0002-9297; TRN: 95:005313-0314
- Journal Information:
- American Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 55, Issue Suppl.3; Conference: 44. annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, Montreal (Canada), 18-22 Oct 1994; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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