The 3C syndrome, also known as Ritscher-Schinzel syndrome, is a developmental malformation syndrome characterized by craniofacial abnormalities, congenital heart defects, and cerebellar brain malformations. Facial features include prominent occiput, prominent forehead, low-set ears, downslanting palpebral fissures, depressed nasal bridge, and micrognathia. Cardiac defects can include septal defects and aortic stenosis, among others, and brain imaging shows Dandy-Walker malformation, cerebellar vermis hypoplasia, posterior fossa cysts, and ventricular dilatation. Affected individuals have delayed psychomotor development (summary by Leonardi et al., 2001; Elliott et al., 2013).
Genetic Heterogeneity of Ritscher-Schinzel Syndrome
See also RTSC2 (300963), caused by mutation in the CCDC22 gene (300859) on chromosome Xp11; RTSC3 (619135), caused by mutation in the VPS35L gene (618981) on chromosome 16p12; and RTSC4 (619435), caused by mutation in the DPYSL5 gene (608383) on chromosome 2p23. [from
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