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Neurodevelopmental disorder with seizures and brain atrophy(NEDSEBA)

MedGen UID:
1748227
Concept ID:
C5436732
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: NEDSEBA; NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER WITH SEIZURES AND BRAIN ATROPHY
 
Gene (location): EXOC7 (17q25.1)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0033658
OMIM®: 619072

Definition

Neurodevelopmental disorder with seizures and brain atrophy (NEDSEBA) is an autosomal recessive disorder with highly variable manifestations and severity of these core features. The most severely affected individuals develop symptoms in utero, which may lead to spontaneous abortion or planned termination. Those that survive may present with severe seizures at birth, have poor overall growth with small head circumference, achieve no developmental progress, and show significant brain atrophy and other brain abnormalities. Patients at the mildest end of the phenotypic spectrum have onset of seizures later in childhood and show developmental delay with mildly impaired intellectual development and minimal brain atrophy (summary by Coulter et al., 2020). [from OMIM]

Clinical features

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Congenital vertical talus
MedGen UID:
66821
Concept ID:
C0240912
Congenital Abnormality
Congenital vertical talus (CVT), also known as 'rocker-bottom foot' deformity, is a dislocation of the talonavicular joint characterized by vertical orientation of the talus with a rigid dorsal dislocation of the navicular, equinus deformity of the calcaneus, abduction deformity of the forefoot, and contracture of the soft tissues of the hind- and mid-foot. This condition is usually associated with multiple other congenital deformities and only rarely is an isolated deformity with familial occurrence (summary by Levinsohn et al., 2004). The condition is transmitted in an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance, and sometimes shows incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity. There may be a broad spectrum of deformities, including flatfoot, talipes equinovarus (TEV or clubfoot), cavus foot, metatarsus adductus, and even hypoplasia of the tibia (summary by Dobbs et al., 2006).
Low-set ears
MedGen UID:
65980
Concept ID:
C0239234
Congenital Abnormality
Upper insertion of the ear to the scalp below an imaginary horizontal line drawn between the inner canthi of the eye and extending posteriorly to the ear.
Cerebellar hypoplasia
MedGen UID:
120578
Concept ID:
C0266470
Congenital Abnormality
Cerebellar hypoplasia is a descriptive term implying a cerebellum with a reduced volume, but a normal shape and is stable over time.
Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum
MedGen UID:
138005
Concept ID:
C0344482
Congenital Abnormality
Underdevelopment of the corpus callosum.
Global developmental delay
MedGen UID:
107838
Concept ID:
C0557874
Finding
A delay in the achievement of motor or mental milestones in the domains of development of a child, including motor skills, speech and language, cognitive skills, and social and emotional skills. This term should only be used to describe children younger than five years of age.
Focal-onset seizure
MedGen UID:
199670
Concept ID:
C0751495
Disease or Syndrome
A focal-onset seizure is a type of seizure originating within networks limited to one hemisphere. They may be discretely localized or more widely distributed, and may originate in subcortical structures.
Hypoplasia of the brainstem
MedGen UID:
334226
Concept ID:
C1842688
Finding
Underdevelopment of the brainstem.
Simplified gyral pattern
MedGen UID:
413664
Concept ID:
C2749675
Finding
An abnormality of the cerebral cortex with fewer gyri but with normal cortical thickness. This pattern is usually often associated with congenital microcephaly.
Decreased thalamic volume
MedGen UID:
868377
Concept ID:
C4022771
Finding
A reduction in the quantity of space occupied by the thalamus.
Myoclonic seizure
MedGen UID:
1385980
Concept ID:
C4317123
Sign or Symptom
A myoclonic seizure is a type of motor seizure characterized by sudden, brief (<100 ms) involuntary single or multiple contraction of muscles or muscle groups of variable topography (axial, proximal limb, distal). Myoclonus is less regularly repetitive and less sustained than is clonus.
Cerebral cortical atrophy
MedGen UID:
1646740
Concept ID:
C4551583
Disease or Syndrome
Atrophy of the cortex of the cerebrum.
Retrognathia
MedGen UID:
19766
Concept ID:
C0035353
Congenital Abnormality
An abnormality in which the mandible is mislocalised posteriorly.
Microcephaly
MedGen UID:
1644158
Concept ID:
C4551563
Finding
Head circumference below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender.
Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
MedGen UID:
1830310
Concept ID:
C5779613
Disease or Syndrome
Multiple congenital contractures in different body areas.
High palate
MedGen UID:
66814
Concept ID:
C0240635
Congenital Abnormality
Height of the palate more than 2 SD above the mean (objective) or palatal height at the level of the first permanent molar more than twice the height of the teeth (subjective).
Long philtrum
MedGen UID:
351278
Concept ID:
C1865014
Finding
Distance between nasal base and midline upper lip vermilion border more than 2 SD above the mean. Alternatively, an apparently increased distance between nasal base and midline upper lip vermilion border.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

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Etiology

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Therapy

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Epilepsia 2020 Apr;61(4):679-692. Epub 2020 Mar 13 doi: 10.1111/epi.16480. PMID: 32167590
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Prognosis

Sidpra J, Sudhakar S, Biswas A, Massey F, Turchetti V, Lau T, Cook E, Alvi JR, Elbendary HM, Jewell JL, Riva A, Orsini A, Vignoli A, Federico Z, Rosenblum J, Schoonjans AS, de Wachter M, Delgado Alvarez I, Felipe-Rucián A, Haridy NA, Haider S, Zaman M, Banu S, Anwaar N, Rahman F, Maqbool S, Yadav R, Salpietro V, Maroofian R, Patel R, Radhakrishnan R, Prabhu SP, Lichtenbelt K, Stewart H, Murakami Y, Löbel U, D'Arco F, Wakeling E, Jones W, Hay E, Bhate S, Jacques TS, Mirsky DM, Whitehead MT, Zaki MS, Sultan T, Striano P, Jansen AC, Lequin M, de Vries LS, Severino M, Edmondson AC, Menzies L, Campeau PM, Houlden H, McTague A, Efthymiou S, Mankad K
Brain 2024 Aug 1;147(8):2775-2790. doi: 10.1093/brain/awae056. PMID: 38456468Free PMC Article
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Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2021 Mar;31:61-69. Epub 2021 Feb 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.02.006. PMID: 33640666
Poke G, King C, Muir A, de Valles-Ibáñez G, Germano M, Moura de Souza CF, Fung J, Chung B, Fung CW, Mignot C, Ilea A, Keren B, Vermersch AI, Davis S, Stanley T, Moharir M, Kannu P, Shao Z, Malerba N, Merla G, Mefford HC, Scheffer IE, Sadleir LG
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J Child Neurol 2013 May;28(5):672-5. Epub 2012 Jul 17 doi: 10.1177/0883073812449514. PMID: 22805242
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