| Literature DB >> 27075597 |
Hülya Kayserili1,2, Umut Altunoglu2, Gozde Yesil3, Rasim Özgür Rosti2,4.
Abstract
Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) can occur as an isolated entity or part of a syndrome. PCH has been reported with facial dysmorphism, ocular anomalies, and genital anomalies, but the co-occurrence of all four has not been previously described. We report on four patients, born to two consanguineous families that are not related to one another, with distinctive facial features (short forehead, laterally extended, medially flared eyebrows), corneal dystrophy, underdevelopment of labioscrotal folds, and nonprogressive PCH. In addition, the patients show hair extruding from the lactiferous ducts, which to our knowledge has not been described before. The parental consanguinity, affected siblings of both genders, and absent manifestations in parents, indicate an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance as most likely.Entities:
Keywords: corneal dystrophy; hairy nipples; pontocerebellar hypoplasia; scrotal/labial aplasia; underdeveloped labioscrotal folds
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27075597 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37652
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Med Genet A ISSN: 1552-4825 Impact factor: 2.802