A new nonsense mutation in the NF1 gene with neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome phenotype

Childs Nerv Syst. 2012 Dec;28(12):2181-3. doi: 10.1007/s00381-012-1905-7. Epub 2012 Sep 11.

Abstract

Purpose: Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disorder which combines neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) features with Noonan syndrome. NF1 gene mutations are reported in the majority of these patients.

Method: Sequence analysis of the established genes for Noonan syndrome revealed no mutation; a heterozygous NF1 point mutation c.7549C>T in exon 51, creating a premature stop codon (p.R2517X), had been demonstrated.

Result: Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome recently has been considered a subtype of NF1 and caused by different NF1 mutations.

Conclusion: We report the case of a 14-year-old boy with neurofibromatosis type 1 with Noonan-like features, who complained of headache with triventricular hydrocephaly and a heterozygous NF1 point mutation c.7549C>T in exon 51.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Codon / genetics
  • Codon, Nonsense / genetics*
  • Codon, Nonsense / physiology
  • Exons / genetics
  • Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1 / physiology*
  • Head / anatomy & histology
  • Headache / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / pathology
  • Male
  • Nausea / etiology
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / diagnostic imaging
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / genetics*
  • Noonan Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
  • Noonan Syndrome / genetics*
  • Point Mutation / genetics
  • Point Mutation / physiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Radiography
  • Vomiting / etiology

Substances

  • Codon
  • Codon, Nonsense