Case Report

Mechanism of Disease: Recessive ADAMTSL4 Mutations and Craniosynostosis with Ectopia Lentis

Table 1

Patients with craniosynostosis and ectopia lentis reported to date.

PublicationSexAge CSAge ELRace/ethnicityCS phenotypeEL phenotypeGene affectedNucleotide variant (s)Protein variant (s)Gnomad MAF
Patients described in this paper
Patient 1M1 mo4 moCaucasianBilateral coronalBilateral ELADAMTSL4c.767_786del, c.2177 + 3_2177 + 6delGAGTp.Gln256Profs38, (intronic - splice acceptor deletion)0.001219, 0.000009137
Patient 2+M5 moBirthSwedishSagittalBilateral EL/PADAMTSL4c.767_786del, c.767_786delp.Gln256Profs38, p.Gln256Profs380.001219

Previously published ADAMTSL4-associated CS/EL patients
[28]MNDNDNorwegianSagittal++EL/PADAMTSL4c.767_786del, c.767_786delp.Gln256Profs38, p.Gln256Profs380.001219
[27]F10 wk10 moNDRight coronalBilateral ELADAMTSL4c.767_786del, c.767_786delp.Gln256Profs38, p.Gln256Profs380.001219
[29, 32]F<2 yr3 yrDutchMetopicBilateral ELADAMTSL4c.767_786del, c.2254C > Tp.Gln256Profs38, p.Gln7520.001219, 0.000004059
[29, 32]F7 mo3 yrDutchSagittalBilateral ELADAMTSL4c.767_786del, c.2254C > Tp.Gln256Profs38, p.Gln7520.001219, 0.000004059

Previously published, genotypically unsolved (non-Marfanoid) patients with CS/EL
[36]M<6 yr23 yrNDCoronalBilateral ELUnknown
[35]FBirth4 moNDLeft coronalBilateral ELUnknown
[33]ND<6 yr<6 yrTurkishParietal/tempoparietalBilateral ELUnknown
[34]M<6 yr<6 yrFrenchSagittal (scaphocephaly)Bilateral ELUnknown

Previously published patients with CS/EL as features of early-onset Marfan syndrome
[26]F<7 yr<7 yrNDScaphocephaly with craniosynostosisELFBN1c.3668G > Ap.C1223YNot listed
[25]M8 mo6 yrNDSagittalBilateral ELFBN1c.3302G > Ap.Y1101CNot listed

M, male; F, female; ND, not described; CS, craniosynostosis; EL, ectopia lentis; EL/P, ectopia lentis et pupillae; MAF, minor allele frequency. Age indicates age at diagnosis of CS and EL, respectively. +Sister of patient 2 has the same genotype but presents only with EL/P. ++Detail ascertained through personal correspondence with author.