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We present a patient with poikiloderma, severe osteoporosis and a mild intellectual disability. At the age of 9 years, this patient was proposed to suffer from a novel disease entity designated as calcinosis cutis, osteoma cutis, poikiloderma and skeletal abnormalities (COPS) syndrome. At the age of 35, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Recently, biallelic pathogenic variants in the RECQL4 gene were detected (c.1048_1049delAG and c.1391-1G>A), confirming a diagnosis of Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS). In the brother of this patient, who had a milder phenotype, a similar diagnosis was made.ConclusionWe conclude that COPS syndrome never existed as a separate syndrome entity. Instead, osteoma cutis may be regarded as a novel feature of RTS, whereas mild intellectual disability and lymphoma may be underreported parts of the phenotype. What is new: • Osteoma cutis was not a known feature in Rothmund-Thomson patients. • Intellectual disability may be considered a rare feature in RTS; more study is needed. What is known: • RTS is a well-described syndrome caused by mutations in the RECQL4 gene. • Patients with RTS frequently show chromosomal abnormalities like, e.g. mosaic trisomy 8.

Original publication

DOI

10.1007/s00431-016-2834-3

Type

Journal

European journal of pediatrics

Publication Date

02/2017

Volume

176

Pages

279 - 283

Addresses

Department of Clinical genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, Postzone K5-R, PO box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands. m.c.vanrij@lumc.nl.

Keywords

Bone and Bones, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, Humans, Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin, Bone Diseases, Metabolic, Osteoporosis, Skin Diseases, Genetic, Calcinosis, Trisomy, Syndrome, Ossification, Heterotopic, Adult, Male, Rothmund-Thomson Syndrome, Delayed Diagnosis, Intellectual Disability