Severe Hajdu-Cheney syndrome with upper airway obstruction

Autor: P A, Crifasi, M C, Patterson, D, Bonde, V V, Michels
Rok vydání: 1997
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Zdroj: American journal of medical genetics. 70(3)
ISSN: 0148-7299
Popis: Hajdu-Cheney syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of acroosteolysis, skull deformities, characteristic facial abnormalities, osteoporosis, joint laxity, early loss of teeth, hearing loss, and a hoarse voice. We report on an 8 1/2-year-old boy with Hajdu-Cheney syndrome and cystic kidney disease, congenital heart disease, hydrocephalus, cleft lip and palate, hydrosyringomyelia, club feet, splenomegaly, hypospadias, vertebral anomalies, and upper airway obstruction. A review of 44 patients did not uncover any other patients with all of these manifestations, nor any patient with upper airway obstruction. Hajdu-Cheney syndrome appears to encompass a broader phenotype than previously recognized. The documentation of these additional anomalies is valuable because the findings of acroosteolysis and osteoporosis can present later in the course.
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