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Pseudoprogeria syndrome

MedGen UID:
163218
Concept ID:
C0796125
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Absent eyebrows and eyelashes with mental retardation; Mental retardation, absence of eyebrows and eyelashes, progressive spastic quadriplegia, microcephaly, glaucoma, and small, beaked nose
SNOMED CT: Hall Berg Rudolph syndrome (733086003); Pseudoprogeria syndrome (733086003); Absent eyebrows and eyelashes with intellectual disability syndrome (733086003)
Modes of inheritance:
Unknown inheritance
MedGen UID:
989040
Concept ID:
CN307042
Finding
Source: Orphanet
Hereditary clinical entity whose mode of inheritance is unknown.
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0008694
OMIM®: 200130
Orphanet: ORPHA2985

Definition

Syndrome with characteristics of intellectual deficit associated with progressive spastic quadriplegia, microcephaly, and glaucoma, absence of the eyebrows and eyelashes, and a malformation of the nose. It has been described in two brothers. [from SNOMEDCT_US]

Clinical features

From HPO
Progressive spastic quadriplegia
MedGen UID:
347944
Concept ID:
C1859736
Finding
Intellectual disability
MedGen UID:
811461
Concept ID:
C3714756
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Intellectual disability, previously referred to as mental retardation, is characterized by subnormal intellectual functioning that occurs during the developmental period. It is defined by an IQ score below 70.
Encephalocele
MedGen UID:
1646412
Concept ID:
C4551722
Congenital Abnormality
A neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it through openings in the skull.
Microcephaly
MedGen UID:
1644158
Concept ID:
C4551563
Finding
Head circumference below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender.
Convex nasal ridge
MedGen UID:
66809
Concept ID:
C0240538
Finding
Nasal ridge curving anteriorly to an imaginary line that connects the nasal root and tip. The nose appears often also prominent, and the columella low.
Absent eyebrow
MedGen UID:
98133
Concept ID:
C0431448
Congenital Abnormality
Absence of the eyebrow.
Short nose
MedGen UID:
343052
Concept ID:
C1854114
Finding
Distance from nasion to subnasale more than two standard deviations below the mean, or alternatively, an apparently decreased length from the nasal root to the nasal tip.
Absent eyelashes
MedGen UID:
334299
Concept ID:
C1843005
Congenital Abnormality
Lack of eyelashes.
Glaucoma
MedGen UID:
42224
Concept ID:
C0017601
Disease or Syndrome
Glaucoma refers loss of retinal ganglion cells in a characteristic pattern of optic neuropathy usually associated with increased intraocular pressure.

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVPseudoprogeria syndrome
Follow this link to review classifications for Pseudoprogeria syndrome in Orphanet.

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Diagnosis

Hall BD, Berg BO, Rudolph RS, Epstein CJ
Birth Defects Orig Artic Ser 1974;10(7):137-46. PMID: 4418946

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