Fibrodisplasia ossificante progressiva: relato de caso
Progressive ossifying fibrodysplasia is a rare genetic disease that affects one individual in every two million births. Its main consequence is heterotopic ossification, i.e. formation of additional bone in abnormal locations. It is an autosomal dominant disease, usually caused by a new mutation in...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2011 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Institution: | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) |
| Repository: | Repositório Institucional da FURG (RI FURG) |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.furg.br:1/3810 |
| Online Access: | http://repositorio.furg.br/handle/1/3810 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-36162011000600019 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | Miosite ossificante Ossificação heterotópica Proteína ACVR1 Genética Myositis ossificans Ossification heterotopic ACVR1 protein Genetics |
| Summary: | Progressive ossifying fibrodysplasia is a rare genetic disease that affects one individual in every two million births. Its main consequence is heterotopic ossification, i.e. formation of additional bone in abnormal locations. It is an autosomal dominant disease, usually caused by a new mutation in the ACVR1 receptor gene, which is in the signaling pathway for bone morphogenic protein. This abnormality is not related to gender, ethnicity or consanguinity. The present study reports the case of A.C., a 17-year-old girl. Her clinical investigation began at the age of four years, but she was only diagnosed with FOP at the age of 15 years, after being evaluated by several specialists in different centers. The patient has two siblings, but her family history did not reveal any similar cases. |
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