ESPE Abstracts

Acrodysostosis (ACRDYS) (MIM 101800) is a rare autosomal dominant condition affecting skeletal growth and resulting in primary skeletal dysplasia. Two types of ACRDYS have been described and characterized by distinct references on OMIM database. ACRDYS is similar and often confused with PHP1A, but caused by mutations downstream of the genes involved in PHP1A. Most of the patients have de novo variants. Both types of ACRDYS present with similar skeletal abnormalities (dispropor...

Introduction: Osteoporosis pseudoglioma syndrome (OPPG) is a rare autosomal recessive disease which is caused by mutations in the low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 5 (LRP5) gene and is characterized by severe early – onset osteoporosis and vitreoretinal complications leading to blindness by young adulthood.Case presentation: We present a case of an 8 years old boy, who was initially referred to our d...