Ablepharon macrostomy syndrome Q18.8

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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Synonym(s)

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Definition
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Very rare, severely disfiguring syndrome with absence of eyelids, eyebrows, eyelashes and auricular, oral and genital malformations.

Etiopathogenesis
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Unsolved. Possibly heterogeneous clinical picture. Distinction from individual descriptions e.g. with pronounced hypertrichosis unclear.

Clinical features
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Microstomy; Ablepharon; absence of eyebrows; strabismus; hypertelorism; cutis laxa; ichthyosiform lesions; auricular dysplasia; syndactylia.

Literature
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  1. McCarthy GT, West CM (1977) Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome. Develop Med Child Neurol 19: 659-672
  2. Stevens CA, Sargent LA (2002) Ablepharon-macrostomia syndrome. At J Med Genet 107: 30-37

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Hypertrichoses;

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020