Shwachman–Diamond syndrome (SDS) is an autosomal recessive disorder (OMIM 260400), characterized by exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, skeletal abnormalities and bone marrow (BM) dysfunction, with a risk, as high as 30%, to develop myelodysplastic syndrome and/or acute myeloid leukaemia (MDS/AML). The SBDS gene (OMIM 607744) is localized on chromosome 7 at the band q11 and mutations of this gen...

--------------------------------------------------ABSTRACT-------------------------------------------------------Gardner Diamond Syndrome is a rare and poorly understood clinical presentation of unexplained painful ecchymotic lesions, mostly on the extremities and the face. This disorder mainly occurs in Caucasian women with emotional stress or one or more concomitant mental illnesses. A 17 yea...

Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS), a recessive leukemia predisposition disorder characterized by bone marrow failure, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, skeletal abnormalities and poor growth, is caused by mutations in the highly conserved SBDS gene. Here, we test the hypothesis that defective ribosome biogenesis underlies the pathogenesis of SDS. We create conditional mutants in the essential S...

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Johanson Blizzard syndrome (JBS) is a rare multi-system disorder characterized by congenital aplasia or hypoplasia of alae nasi, exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, hypothyroidism, deafness, growth retardation, varying degree of mental retardation, alopecia, wide open fontanels, anti-mongoloid slant, café-au-lait spots and absent of permanent teeth. We report a 3 months old male child having Joh...

Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome (SDS) is a rare inherited disorder characterized by pancreatic insufficiency, bone marrow dysfunction and skeletal abnormalities. It is the most common cause of pancreatic insufficiency in children after cystic fibrosis. We report a child with classical SDS who presented to us predominantly with chronic diarrhea along with delayed growth and neutropenia.