Table 1.

Inheritance and common clinical findings of inherited BMF syndromes

Fanconi anemia37 Telomere biology disordersShwachman Diamond syndrome38 Diamond Blackfan anemia39 GATA2SAMD9/9L28 Platelet disorders24 MECOM- associated disorders25 ERCC6L22,40 DADA241 
Affected genes FANC genes, BRCA2 DKC1, TERT, TERC, PARN, RTEL1, TINF2, CTC + others SBDS, DNAJC21, and others RP genes, TSR2, GATA1 GATA2 SAMD9/SAMD9L c-MPL (CAMT)
RBM8A (TAR)
RUNX1, ETV6, ANKRD26, and others 
MECOM (MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus) ERCC6L2 ADA2 
Inheritance AR except for FANCB (XLR) and FANCR (AD) AD: TERT, TERC, TINF2, RTEL1, PARN
AR: CTC, RTEL1
XLR: DKC1 
AR AD, XLR or sporadic AD AD AR: (CAMT, TAR)
AD: RUNX1, ETV6, ANKRD26 
AD AR AR 
Common non hematologic clinic findings - Limb abnormalities (absent radii/short thumbs)
- Short stature
- Renal anatomical defects
- Café au lait spots
- Microcephaly/ Microphthalmia 
- DC triad: oral leukoplakia, dyskeratotic nails, reticulated skin
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Liver disease (fibrosis, fatty liver)
- AVM
- Early grey hair
- Immunodeficiency
- Osteoporosis 
- Failure to thrive/poor feeding
- Steatorrhea
- Recurrent infections
- Skeletal abnormalities
- Hepatomegaly
- Intellectual disability
- Congenital cardiac defects
- Endocrinopathy 
- Short stature/IUGR
- Limb abnormalities (thumb)
- Cardiac defects (VSD, ASD)
- Cephalic malformation (microcephaly)
- Developmental delay 
- Immuno-deficiency (atypical mycobacteria, recurrent warts from HPV)
- Lymphedema
- Thrombosis
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (dyspnea and cough) 
- MIRAGE: myelodysplasia, infection, growth restriction, adrenal hypoplasia, genital problems, enteropathy
- Ataxia Pancytopenia: cerebellar symptoms and pancytopenia
- SAAD: nodular neutrophilic panniculitis, ILD, basal ganglia calcifications, cytopenia 
- CAMT: some neurological associations, possibly related to ICH
- TAR: skeletal defects (absent radii), cow's milk intolerance, renal tract abnormalities, cardiac defects)
- RUNX1: platelet function defect 
- Radioulnar stenosis
- Clinodactyly
- Hearing loss
- Cardiac malformations
- Renal malformations 
- Microcephaly
- Developmental delay 
- Strokes
- Vasculitis
- Systemic inflammation
- Hypogammaglobulinemia 
Malignancy risk - MDS/AML
- SCC of skin, head/neck, anogenital 
- MDS/AML
- SCC skin, head/neck, anogenital
- BCC skin 
MDS/AML - MDS/AML
- Colon cancer
- Osteogenic sarcoma
 
- MDS/AML
- SCC skin, anogenital
- BCC skin 
MDS/AML - RUNX1/ETV6/
ANKRD26:
MDS/AML or ALL
- ALL > ETV6,
MDS/AML > RUNX1/ANKRD26 
MDS/AML MDS None known 
Fanconi anemia37 Telomere biology disordersShwachman Diamond syndrome38 Diamond Blackfan anemia39 GATA2SAMD9/9L28 Platelet disorders24 MECOM- associated disorders25 ERCC6L22,40 DADA241 
Affected genes FANC genes, BRCA2 DKC1, TERT, TERC, PARN, RTEL1, TINF2, CTC + others SBDS, DNAJC21, and others RP genes, TSR2, GATA1 GATA2 SAMD9/SAMD9L c-MPL (CAMT)
RBM8A (TAR)
RUNX1, ETV6, ANKRD26, and others 
MECOM (MDS1 and EVI1 complex locus) ERCC6L2 ADA2 
Inheritance AR except for FANCB (XLR) and FANCR (AD) AD: TERT, TERC, TINF2, RTEL1, PARN
AR: CTC, RTEL1
XLR: DKC1 
AR AD, XLR or sporadic AD AD AR: (CAMT, TAR)
AD: RUNX1, ETV6, ANKRD26 
AD AR AR 
Common non hematologic clinic findings - Limb abnormalities (absent radii/short thumbs)
- Short stature
- Renal anatomical defects
- Café au lait spots
- Microcephaly/ Microphthalmia 
- DC triad: oral leukoplakia, dyskeratotic nails, reticulated skin
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Liver disease (fibrosis, fatty liver)
- AVM
- Early grey hair
- Immunodeficiency
- Osteoporosis 
- Failure to thrive/poor feeding
- Steatorrhea
- Recurrent infections
- Skeletal abnormalities
- Hepatomegaly
- Intellectual disability
- Congenital cardiac defects
- Endocrinopathy 
- Short stature/IUGR
- Limb abnormalities (thumb)
- Cardiac defects (VSD, ASD)
- Cephalic malformation (microcephaly)
- Developmental delay 
- Immuno-deficiency (atypical mycobacteria, recurrent warts from HPV)
- Lymphedema
- Thrombosis
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (dyspnea and cough) 
- MIRAGE: myelodysplasia, infection, growth restriction, adrenal hypoplasia, genital problems, enteropathy
- Ataxia Pancytopenia: cerebellar symptoms and pancytopenia
- SAAD: nodular neutrophilic panniculitis, ILD, basal ganglia calcifications, cytopenia 
- CAMT: some neurological associations, possibly related to ICH
- TAR: skeletal defects (absent radii), cow's milk intolerance, renal tract abnormalities, cardiac defects)
- RUNX1: platelet function defect 
- Radioulnar stenosis
- Clinodactyly
- Hearing loss
- Cardiac malformations
- Renal malformations 
- Microcephaly
- Developmental delay 
- Strokes
- Vasculitis
- Systemic inflammation
- Hypogammaglobulinemia 
Malignancy risk - MDS/AML
- SCC of skin, head/neck, anogenital 
- MDS/AML
- SCC skin, head/neck, anogenital
- BCC skin 
MDS/AML - MDS/AML
- Colon cancer
- Osteogenic sarcoma
 
- MDS/AML
- SCC skin, anogenital
- BCC skin 
MDS/AML - RUNX1/ETV6/
ANKRD26:
MDS/AML or ALL
- ALL > ETV6,
MDS/AML > RUNX1/ANKRD26 
MDS/AML MDS None known 

AD, autosomal dominant; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; AR, autosomal recessive; ASD, atrial septal defect; AVM, arteriovenous malformation; BCC, basal cell carcinoma; CAMT, congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia; DC, dyskeratosis congenita; HPV, human papilloma virus; ICH, intracranial hemorrhage; ILD, interstitial lung disease; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; RP, ribosomal protein; SAAD, SAMD9L-associated autoinflammatory disease; SCC, squamous cell carcinoma; TAR, thrombocytopenia absent radii; VSD, ventricular septal defect; XRL, X-linked recessive. References listed as superscript.

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