Abstract
Crisponi syndrome (CS) is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome, characterized by episodic facial muscle contraction with trismus, abundant salivation along with intermittent hyperthermia, feeding difficulties, characteristic facial dysmorphism, and camptodactyly. Here the authors report two South Indian neonates with confirmed diagnosis of Crisponi syndrome, caused by novel pathogenic variants in cytokine receptor-like factor 1 (CRLF1) gene. The classical clinical findings observed in the present cases were feeding difficulty, facial dysmorphism, tachypnea, contractures, camptodactyly, opisthotonus, hyperthermia, poor growth, and facial muscle contraction resembling probable tetanus. The patients with variants identified in the signal peptide domain had typical spasms from day one of life as compared to the variants in other domains who had later onset at neonatal period. The authors provide a review of the cases described, so far, from India highlighting that no common variants attribute to this rare syndrome. Recognizing this syndrome is crucial to differentiate it from infective conditions and for effective genetic counseling. Though tetanus is almost eradicated in developing countries, genetic causes should be suspected in new cases.
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A., R., Chandran, S., Ghatak, A.R. et al. Novel Mutations in CRLF1: Case Reports with Crisponi Syndrome. Indian J Pediatr 89, 1148–1150 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-022-04263-4
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