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  • Sotos syndrome is a genetic condition marked by traits like overgrowth, advanced bone age, and learning difficulties, mainly caused by genetic mutations in a gene on chromosome 5q35.
  • The study examined 45 patients with Sotos syndrome and found that about 60% had heart defects, with the most common issues being septal defects and other vascular anomalies.
  • The prevalence of heart defects in these patients was higher than previously reported in literature, highlighting the need for thorough heart evaluations in individuals with Sotos syndrome.

Article Abstract

Sotos syndrome is an autosomal dominant condition characterized by overgrowth with advanced bone age, macrodolicocephaly, motor developmental delays and learning difficulties, and characteristic facial features caused by heterozygous pathogenetic variants in the gene located on chromosome 5q35. The prevalence of heart defects (HDs) in individuals with Sotos syndrome is estimated to be around 15-40%. Septal defects and patent ductus arteriosus are the most commonly diagnosed malformations, but complex defects have also been reported. The aim of our study was to analyze the prevalence of HD, the anatomic types, and the genetic characteristics of 45 patients with Sotos syndrome carrying pathogenetic variants of or a 5q35 deletion encompassing , who were followed at Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital in Rome. Thirty-nine of the forty-five patients (86.7%) had a mutation in , while six of the forty-five (13.3%) had a deletion. Most of the patients (62.2%, 28/45) were male, with a mean age of 14 ± 7 years (range 0.2-37 years). A total of 27/45 (60.0%) of the patients had heart defects, isolated or combined with other defects, including septal defects (12 patients), aortic anomalies (9 patients), mitral valve and/or tricuspid valve dysplasia/insufficiency (1 patient), patent ductus arteriosus (3 patients), left ventricular non-compaction/hypertrabeculated left ventricle (LV) (4 patients), aortic coarctation (1 patient), aortopulmonary window (1 patient), and pulmonary valve anomalies (3 patients). The prevalences of HD in the two subgroups (deletion versus intragenic mutation) were similar (66.7% (4/6) in the deletion group versus 58.91% (23/39) in the intragenic variant group). Our results showed a higher prevalence of HD in patients with Sotos syndrome in comparison to that described in the literature, with similar distributions of patients with mutated and deleted genes. An accurate and detailed echocardiogram should be performed in patients with Sotos syndrome at diagnosis, and a specific cardiological follow-up program is needed.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10968944PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics14060594DOI Listing

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