FMS Week 2 Flashcards
signs and symptoms of cystic fibrosis
neonatal: bowel blockage (meconium ileus), abdominal calcifications
Infancy: failure to thrive, chronic diarrhea, pneumonia.
childhood: nasal polyposis, intussusception
adulthood: nasal polyposis, bronchiectasis, delayed puberty, male reproductive issues (azoospermia)
characteristics of trisomy 18
low frontal hairline, narrowed eyelids, blunt nasal tip with small nostrils, small chin, “fawn” ears, high nasal bridge
life expectancy of trisomy 13
10% beyond a few months
what is germline mosaicism?
when a parent contains either multiple distinct cell lines or a de novo mutation arises in reproductive cells, resulting in inheritance from otherwise non genotypic parents
cosanguinity
more commonly in pedigrees involving recessive diseases, the amount of shared DNA due to relation
Lesch-Nyhan disease
x-linked recessive, cannot reclaim purines, defect in HGPRT, neurologic disfunction and self mutilation, clinical suspicion and elevated uric acid, treated with low purine diet, allopurinol, and other symptomal medications
Phenylketonuria
Autosomal recessive, loss of phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) activity. Accumulation of PHE because it cannot be converted to tyrosine
signs/symptoms of turner syndrome
increased nuchal fold, congenital heart defects, lack of puberty, edema in hands/feet, scoliosis/kyphosis, streak ovaries
Ideal testing for 22q11 deletions
probably FGH, FISH is also useful in the “nested region”
characteristics of trisomy 13
holoprosencephaly, atypical median cleft lip, microphthalmia, closed hand, polydactyly, cryptorchidism, congenital heart disease, cystic kidneys
Hereditary fructose intolerance
autosomal recessive, cannot metabolize fructose to glucose (inactive fructoaldolase (aldolase B)), vomiting and hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly and renal disfunction, clinical suspicion, restrict fructose consumption
origin of williams syndrome
varying 7q11 deletions
Wolf-Hirschorn syndrome
pre/postnatal growth deficiency, broad nasal root (greek warrior helmet), developmental delays, seizures, hypotonia
Describe genetics of cystic fibrosis
mutations in CFTR, a chloride channel gene. Autosomal recessive, most common in caucasians
Lipid disorder and characteristic
Medium acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD): Diagnostic intermediates on urine organic acid quantitation
original names of 22q11 deletion syndrome
digeorge or velocardiofacial
best testing for Williams syndrome
CGH
what are the issues with CGH
deviation has to be compared to that of normal CNVs, cannot detect balanced translocations
FBN1 gene
fibrillin protein, associated with Marfan syndrome
increased nuchal fold, congenital heart defects, lack of puberty, edema in hands/feet, streak ovaries
turner syndrome
banding patterns
the “address” of genetic locations on a chromosome determined by varying stains, each band can contain many genes
Treatment of Turner syndrome
cardiology/renal consultation, audiology evaluation, genetic counseling, support group referral, regular monitoring, supraphysiological growth hormone doses, high estrogen/steroid doses
Purine/Pyrimidine disorder and characteristic
Lesch-Nyhan syndrome: hyperuricemia
SRY gene
deletion on Y chromosome leads to XY female syndrome