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Diamond-Blackfan anemia 12(DBA12)

MedGen UID:
816218
•Concept ID:
C3809888
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: DBA12; RPL15-Related Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
 
Gene (location): RPL15 (3p24.2)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0014245
OMIM®: 615550

Disease characteristics

Excerpted from the GeneReview: Diamond-Blackfan Anemia
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is characterized by a profound normochromic and usually macrocytic anemia with normal leukocytes and platelets, congenital malformations in up to 50%, and growth deficiency in 30% of affected individuals. The hematologic complications occur in 90% of affected individuals during the first year of life. The phenotypic spectrum ranges from a mild form (e.g., mild anemia or no anemia with only subtle erythroid abnormalities, physical malformations without anemia) to a severe form of fetal anemia resulting in nonimmune hydrops fetalis. DBA is associated with an increased risk for acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), and solid tumors including osteogenic sarcoma. [from GeneReviews]
Full text of GeneReview (by section):
Summary  |  Diagnosis  |  Clinical Characteristics  |  Genetically Related (Allelic) Disorders  |  Differential Diagnosis  |  Management  |  Genetic Counseling  |  Resources  |  Molecular Genetics  |  Chapter Notes  |  References
Authors:
Colin Sieff   view full author information

Additional description

From OMIM
Diamond-Blackfan anemia (DBA) is an inherited red blood cell aplasia that usually presents in the first year of life. The main features are normochromic macrocytic anemia, reticulocytopenia, and nearly absent erythroid progenitors in the bone marrow. Patients show growth retardation, and approximately 30 to 50% have craniofacial, upper limb, heart, and urinary system congenital malformations. The majority of patients have increased mean corpuscular volume, elevated erythrocyte adenosine deaminase activity, and persistence of hemoglobin F. However, some DBA patients do not exhibit these findings, and even in the same family, symptoms can vary between affected family members (summary by Landowski et al., 2013). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of DBA, see DBA1 (105650).  http://www.omim.org/entry/615550

Clinical features

From HPO
Triphalangeal thumb
MedGen UID:
66029
•Concept ID:
C0241397
•
Congenital Abnormality
A thumb with three phalanges in a single, proximo-distal axis. Thus, this term applies if the thumb has an accessory phalanx, leading to a digit like appearance of the thumb.
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Ventricular septal defect
MedGen UID:
42366
•Concept ID:
C0018818
•
Congenital Abnormality
A hole between the two bottom chambers (ventricles) of the heart. The defect is centered around the most superior aspect of the ventricular septum.
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Macrocytic anemia
MedGen UID:
1920
•Concept ID:
C0002886
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Disease or Syndrome
A type of anemia characterized by increased size of erythrocytes with increased mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and increased mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH).
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Normochromic anemia
MedGen UID:
66731
•Concept ID:
C0235983
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Finding
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Reticulocytopenia
MedGen UID:
167812
•Concept ID:
C0858867
•
Finding
A reduced number of reticulocytes in the peripheral blood.
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Elevated red cell adenosine deaminase activity
MedGen UID:
1853120
•Concept ID:
C5872908
•
Finding
Increase in the level of adenosine deaminase (ADA), an enzyme involved in purine metabolism, within erythrocytes. ADA is involved in the catabolism of adenosine.
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Prognosis

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