Elmaoğulları S, Yıldız AE, Demir S, Gürkan H, Uçaktürk SA. A novel LEMD3 pathogenic variant in a son and mother with osteopoikilosis. Turk J Pediatr 2019; 61: 594-598.Osteopoikilosis (OPK) is a rare, benign condition characterized by osteosclerotic foci that occur in the epiphyses and metaphyses of long bones, wrists, feet, ankles, pelvis, and scapulae. We report a 16-year-old boy and his mother incidentally found to have sclerotic lesions on X-ray. Both of them were asymptomatic and the bone scan of the boy ruled out osteoblastic metastases. We have shown that the boy and his mother have a previously unknown pathogenic variant of the LEMD3 gene, supporting the diagnosis of osteopoikilosis.
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