Hypothalamic hamartoma, cerebellar hypoplasia, facial dysmorphism and very atypical combination of polydactyly: Is it a new variant of Oro-Facio-Digital Syndrome?


Okten A., Mungan I., Orhan F., Cakir M.

GENETIC COUNSELING, vol.16, no.1, pp.101-105, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: GENETIC COUNSELING
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.101-105
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Hypothalamic hamartoma, cerebellar hypoplasia, facial dysmorphism and very atypical combination of polydactyly. is it a new variant of Oro-Facio-Digital Syndrome?: We describe a newborn with multiple congenital anomalies consistent with an oro-facio-digital syndrome (OFDS). These are a group of inherited syndromes that have in common anomalies of the tongue (bifid or lobulated tongue with hamartomas), the face (median cleft lip) and the digits (brachydactyly, polydactyly, clinodactyly and/or syndactyly). OFDS has been classified into 11 types. The case described in this paper had manifestations overlapping with OFDS II (Mohr) and OFDS IV (Mohr-Majewski) and OFDS VI (Varadi). We propose that the present patient has a new variation of the OFDS due to the co-existence of the very atypical combination of polydactyly, cerebellar hypoplasia, hypothalamic hamartoma and classical facial findings of OFDS.