A novel mutation in the FOXC2 gene: a heterozygous insertion of adenosine (c.867insA) in a family with lymphoedema of lower limbs without distichiasis
Article Category: Research Article
Published Online: Jul 06, 2017
Page range: 363 - 368
Received: Dec 26, 2016
Accepted: May 23, 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raon-2017-0026
© 2017 Tanja Planinsek Rucigaj, Matija Rijavec, Jovan Miljkovic, Julij Selb, Peter Korosec
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Background
Primary lymphoedema is a rare genetic disorder characterized by swelling of different parts of the body and highly heterogenic clinical presentation. Mutations in several causative genes characterize specific forms of the disease. FOXC2 mutations are associated with lymphoedema of lower extremities, usually distichiasis and late onset.
Patients and methods
Subjects from three generations of a family with lymphoedema of lower limbs without distichiasis were searched for mutations in the FOXC2 gene.
Results
All affected family members with lymphoedema of lower limbs without distichiasis, and still asymptomatic six years old girl from the same family, carried the same previously unreported insertion of adenosine (c.867insA) in FOXC2.
Conclusions
Identification of a novel mutation in the FOXC2 gene in affected family members of three generations with lymphoedema of lower limbs without distichiasis, highlights the high phenotypic variability caused by FOXC2 mutations.