A child with a novel ACAN missense variant mimicking a septic arthritis

• Main Authors: Angelo Florio (Author), Riccardo Papa (Author), Roberta Caorsi (Author), Alessandro Consolaro (Author), Roberto Gastaldi (Author), Marco Gattorno (Author), Paolo Picco (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Heterozygous mutations of the ACAN gene have been associated with a broad spectrum of non-lethal skeletal dysplasias, called Aggrecanopathies. We report a case of a child with severe inflammatory elbow involvement mimicking septic arthritis who carried the new ACAN missense variant c.6970 T...