Schimke Immunoosseous Dysplasia Q87.1

Schimke RN et al (1974).

Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia is a rare disorder characterized by the combination of spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia (SED) with a distinctive clinical phenotype, numerous lentigines, a slowly progressive immunodeficiency, and immune complex nephritis. It leads to death at about 8 years of age. Like ADA deficiency (102700), cartilage-hair hypoplasia (250250), and Shwachman syndrome (260400), this disorder combines abnormalities of the immune and skeletal systems. Affected individuals suffer from T-cell deficiency.

Less common signs and symptoms of Schimke immunodysplasia include early-onset atherosclerosis, cerebral ischemia, migraine-like headaches, hypothyroidism, and lymphopenia. Further inconstant is a hypoplastic pelvis, microcephaly, and azoospermia.

"Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia" (SIOD) is caused by a homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the SMARCAL1 gene (606622) on chromosome 2q25.

Schimke's immunoosseous dysplasia was first described by Schimke et al. (1974) as "chondroitin-6-sulfate mucopolysaccharidosis." Later studies failed to confirm mucopolysacchariduria and excluded mucopolysaccharidosis (Spranger et al. 1991).

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