Characteristics of major inherited bone marrow failure syndrome.
Categories | Involved genes (estimated proportiona)) | Clinical and laboratory characteristics |
---|---|---|
Fanconi anemia |
AR: AD: XLR: |
Short stature, upper limb (radial ray) abnormalities, skin pigmentation (caféau lait macules), renal malformations, microcephaly May have features of VACTERL-H Pancytopenia, macrocytosis, elevated HbF, increased chromosome breakage |
Dyskeratosis congenital (DC) and related telomere biology disorders |
XLR: AD: AR: AD and AR: |
Classic triad of DC: nail dystrophy, oral leukoplakia, skin pigmentation Pulmonary fibrosis, liver disease Pancytopenia, macrocytosis, very short telomeres |
Diamond-Blackfan anemia |
AD: XLR: |
Cleft lip or palate, thumb abnormalities, cardiac malformations, short stature Anemia, macrocytosis, reticulocytopenia |
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome |
AR: AD: |
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, skeletal abnormalities Neutropenia, low serum isoamylase, low serum trypsinogen |
a)Estimated proportion of patients are not described for genes that are rarely involved.
Abbreviations: AD, autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive; VACTERL-H, vertebral anomalies, anal atresia, cardiac anomalies, tracheo-esophageal fistula, esophageal atresia, renal structural anomalies, upper limb anomalies, hydrocephalus; XLR, X-linked recessive.