ESPE2018 Poster Presentations Multisystem Endocrine Disorders P1 (5 abstracts)
Endocrinology National Medical Research Center, Moscow, Russian Federation
Background: McCune-Albright-Syndrome (MAS) is an extremely rare multisystem disorder that affects bones (fibrous dysplasia), skin (cafe-au-lait spots) and endocrine organs (hyperfunctioning endocrinopathies) and is caused by somatic mutations in GNAS gene.
Materials and methods: We have evaluated 55 pediatric patients (44 girls (G) and 11 boys (B)) diagnosed in the period of 20 years. Mutation analyses using competitive allele-specific TaqMan PCR (CAST-PCR) and next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques were performed to search for GNAS mutations in DNA from peripheral leukocytes from 39 MAS patients.
Results: The first clinical manifestation was peripheral precocious puberty in 75% of patients (41/55, G), fibrous dysplasia (FD) in 20% (11/55, 2G, 9 B) and Cushings syndrome (CS) in 3 patients (5%, 3/55, 1 G and 2 B). Peripheral precocious puberty, fibrous dysplasia and Cushings syndrome were seen in very young patients in the first months of life. GNAS mutations p.R201C and p.R201H were found in 41% (16/39) of patients with MAS. The prevalence and age of clinical manifestations are shown in Table 1.
Clinical manifestations of MAS | % of patients (n=55, 44 G+11 B) | The age at the time of revealing a clinical finding, y.o. |
Fibrous dysplasia | 78% (43/55) | 0.913 |
Cafe-au-lait spots | 84% (46/55) | 03 |
Girls: peripheral precocious puberty | 98% (43/44) | 0.24.2 |
Boys: macroorchidism | 64% (7/11) | 1.713 |
Boys: peripheral precocious puberty | 36% (4/11) | 3.76 |
Thyropathies (ultrasound) | 35% (19/55) | 1.513 |
Hyperthyroidism | 13% (7/55) | 1.513 |
Hypophosphatemia | 33% (18/55) | 213 |
Growth hormone (GH) excess | 26% (14/55) | 413 |
Growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma | 7% (4/55) | 11.713 |
Cushings syndrome | 9% (5/55) | 0.41 |
Tachycardia not associated with hyperthyroidism | 20% (11/55) | 2.513 |
Conclusion: MAS can manifest in children at the age less than 1 year with precocious puberty in girls, fibrous dysplasia and Cushings syndrome. CAST- PCR and NGS methods are not reliable for identifying patients with clinically uncertain MAS.