Clinical course of sly syndrome (mucopolysaccharidosis type VII)
2016
Background
Mucopolysaccharidosis VII(MPS VII) is an ultra-rare disease characterised by the deficiency of β-glucuronidase (GUS). Patients’ phenotypes vary from severe forms with
hydrops fetalis, skeletal dysplasia and mental retardation to milder forms with fewer manifestations and mild skeletal abnormalities. Accurate assessments on the frequency and clinical characteristics of the disease have been scarce. The aim of this study was to collect such data. Methods We have conducted a survey of physicians to document the medical history of patients with MPS VII. The survey included anonymous information on patient demographics, family history, mode of diagnosis, age of onset, signs and symptoms, severity, management, clinical features and natural progression of the disease. Results We collected information on 56 patients from 11 countries. Patients with MPS VII were classified based on their phenotype into three different groups: (1) neonatal non-immune
hydrops fetalis(NIHF) (n=10), (2) Infantile or adolescent form with history of
hydrops fetalis(n=13) and (3) Infantile or adolescent form without known
hydrops fetalis(n=33). Thirteen patients with MPS VII who had the infantile form with history of
hydrops fetalisand survived childhood, had a wide range of clinical manifestations from mild to severe. Five patients underwent bone marrow transplantation and one patient underwent
enzyme replacement therapywith recombinant human GUS. Conclusions MPS VII is a pan-ethnic inherited
lysosomal storage diseasewith considerable phenotypical heterogeneity. Most patients have
short stature, skeletal dysplasia,
hepatosplenomegaly, hernias, cardiac involvement,
pulmonary insufficiencyand cognitive impairment. In these respects it resembles MPS I and MPS II. In MPS VII, however, one unique and distinguishing clinical feature is the unexpectedly high proportion of patients (41%) that had a history of NIHF. Presence of NIHF does not, by itself, predict the eventual severity of the clinical course, if the patient survives infancy.
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