Sporadic Kindler Syndrome with a novel mutation

Hiram Larangeira de Almeida, Gláucia Thomas Heckler, Kenneth Fong, Joey Lai-Cheong, John McGrath

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Abstract

We report the case of a 28-year-old woman with Kindler syndrome, a rare form of epidermolysis bullosa. Clinically, since childhood, she had widespread pigmentary changes in her skin as well as photosensitivity and fragility of the skin and mucous membranes. The mucosal involvement led to an erosive stomatitis as well as esophageal, anal and vaginal stenoses, requiring surgical intervention. The diagnosis of Kindler syndrome was confirmed by DNA sequencing with compound heterozygosity for a nonsense/frameshift combination of mutations (p.Arg110X; p.Ala289GlyfsX7) in the FERMT1 gene.
Original languageEnglish
Article numberN/A
Pages (from-to)212-215
Number of pages4
JournalANAIS BRASILEIROS DE DERMATOLOGIA
Volume88
Issue number6 Suppl 1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

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