Novel asymptomatic CNS findings in patients with ACVR1/ALK2 mutations causing fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva.
Mariasavina SeverinoMarta BertaminoDomenico TortoraGiovanni MoranaSara UccellaRenata BocciardiRoberto RavazzoloAndrea RossiMaja Di RoccoPublished in: Journal of medical genetics (2016)
Our data support the hypothesis that the effects of mutation of the ACVR1/ALK2 gene are extended to the central nervous system. Brainstem hamartomatous lesions and dysmorphisms, variably associated with dentate nucleus and basal ganglia signal abnormalities and/or calcifications, may represent useful disease hallmarks.