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Neuropathology of fetal stage Seckel syndrome: A case report providing a morphological correlate for the emerging molecular mechanisms
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posted on 2023-06-08, 11:15 authored by Brendan Fitzgerald, Mark O'DriscollMark O'Driscoll, Karen Chong, Sarah Keating, Patrick ShannonSeckel syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, dwarfism, microcephaly and mental retardation. Pathological descriptions of fetal stage Seckel syndrome are rare and pre-date the evolving understanding of the genetic and molecular mechanisms involved. The autopsy findings in a case of fetal Seckel syndrome at 30weeks gestation are presented, with detailed description of the neuropathological findings. Severe neurological abnormalities in a male fetus were observed that included microencephaly, cortical neuronal migration disorder, white matter tract hypoplasia/aplasia, premature depletion of the germinal matrix with cystic transformation and patchy absence of the external granular cell layer of the cerebellum. The striking neuropathological finding in this case was evidence of failure of the developing brain's germinal elements, providing rare morphological insight into the abnormal development of the Seckel syndrome fetal brain. The selective failure of this proliferating cell population correlates with the emerging molecular evidence that Seckel syndrome is caused by defects in ATR-dependent DNA damage signaling with resultant premature death of proliferating cells.
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Brain and DevelopmentISSN
0387-7604Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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3Volume
34Page range
238-243Department affiliated with
- Sussex Centre for Genome Damage Stability Publications
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2012-04-19Usage metrics
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