A RARE CAUSE OF AORTIC STENOSIS IN A SIBLING - MORQUIO SYNDROME - A CASE REPORT

UNSPECIFIED (2021) A RARE CAUSE OF AORTIC STENOSIS IN A SIBLING - MORQUIO SYNDROME - A CASE REPORT. Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, 12 (1). ISSN 09762833

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Abstract

Morquio syndrome is an uncommon variant of autosomal recessive disorder caused by the deficiency of N acetyl galactosamine 6 sulfatase (GALNS) - a lysosomal enzyme, causing dental, cardiac and skeletal abnormalities. A male patient, 29 years of age came with complaints of difficulty in breathing since one month. He was born of a second degree consanguineous marriage and has no mental retardation. On clinical examination he was short in stature, had corneal clouding, widely spaced teeth, genu valgum, joint hypermobility, pectus carinatum and kyphoscoliosis. He had an ejection systolic murmur in aortic area on cardiovascular examination. He has one 26 year old sister with similar physical appearance and cardiac abnormalities. In Echocardiography they both found to have aortic valve calcification with severe aortic stenosis with mild aortic regurgitation. X-ray findings of the hand showed shortening of the metacarpal with hypoplasia of the carpal bones, platyspondyly of the cervical and thoracic vertebra, genu valgum and coxa valga defect. So, he was diagnosed as mucopolysaccharidosis type IV-A (Morquio syndrome), which was confirmed after genetic analysis. © 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology > Genetics
Divisions: Medicine > Vinayaka Mission's Medical College and Hospital, Karaikal > Medicine
Depositing User: Unnamed user with email techsupport@mosys.org
Last Modified: 04 Dec 2025 07:18
URI: https://vmuir.mosys.org/id/eprint/3283

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