Preferred Label : Larsen-like syndrome;
CISMeF acronym : LRSL;
Type : Phenotype or locus, molecular basis unknown;
Alternative titles and symbols : LRSL;
Description : Pierquin et al. (1991) reported the cases of 2 unrelated children with similar clinical
features, particularly facial dysmorphism and multiple joint dislocations, suggesting
the diagnosis of Larsen syndrome (150250). Both carried an inherited unbalanced translocation
resulting in partial trisomy 1q and partial monosomy 6p. Skin collagen showed a decreased
alpha-1/alpha-2 chain ratio in type I collagen (see 120150). Pierquin et al. (1991)
suggested that both patients had a mutation in a gene involved in collagen production
which is located either on chromosome 1q or, more likely, on 6p. Chromosome 6 likewise
came under suspicion in the family reported by James et al. (2003). The proband, a
child with Larsen-like features and severe developmental delay, had an unbalanced
translocation resulting in a distal 6p deletion and proximal trisomy 10q. The father
and an unaffected older brother had a balanced form of the translocation, t(6;10)(p25;q25.2).
James et al. (2003) suggested that the 2 translocation patients reported by Pierquin
et al. (1991) and their patient supported the possibility of a locus responsible for
a Larsen-like phenotype determined by genes in the distal 6p region. Their case had
a more distal breakpoint, refining the potential critical region. *FIELD* RF 1. James,
P. A.; Aftimos, S.; Oei, P.: Severe musculoskeletal phenotype associated with an unbalanced
t(6;10) translocation: clarification of the locus for this phenotype on distal 6p.
Am. J. Med. Genet. 119A: 288-292, 2003. 2. Pierquin, G.; Van Regemorter, N.; Hayez-Delatte,
(NI); Fourneau, C.; Bormans, J.; Foerster, M.; Damis, E.; Cremer-Perlmutter, N.; Lapiere,
C. M.; Vamos, E.: Two unrelated children with partial trisomy 1q and monosomy 6p,
presenting with the phenotype of the Larsen syndrome. Hum. Genet. 87: 587-591, 1991.
*FIELD* CS Isolated cases;
Inheritance : Isolated cases;
Laboratory abnormalities : Abnormal karyotype in 3 patients involving distal 6p;
Prefixed ID : %608545;
Origin ID : 608545;
UMLS CUI : C1837884;
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