Concurrent Van der Woude syndrome and Turner syndrome: A case report

• Main Authors: Evan Los, Hayley Baines, Ines Guttmann-Bauman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publishing 2017-01-01
• Series: SAGE Open Medical Case Reports
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X16687916

Most cases of Van der Woude syndrome are caused by a mutation to interferon regulatory factor 6 on chromosome 1. Turner syndrome is caused by complete or partial absence of the second sex chromosome in girls. We describe a unique case of the two syndromes occurring concurrently though apparently independently in a girl with Van der Woude syndrome diagnosed at birth and Turner syndrome at 14 years 9 months. Short stature was initially misattributed to Van der Woude syndrome and pituitary insufficiency associated with clefts before correctly diagnosing Turner syndrome. We discuss the prevalence of delayed diagnosis of Turner syndrome, the rarity of reports of concurrent autosomal chromosome mutation and sex chromosome deletion, as well as the need to consider the diagnosis of Turner syndrome in all girls with short stature regardless of prior medical history.