U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Hypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome

MedGen UID:
870835
Concept ID:
C4025295
Disease or Syndrome; Finding
Synonyms: Elbow hypertrichosis; Hairy elbows
Modes of inheritance:
Autosomal dominant inheritance
MedGen UID:
141047
Concept ID:
C0443147
Intellectual Product
Source: Orphanet
A mode of inheritance that is observed for traits related to a gene encoded on one of the autosomes (i.e., the human chromosomes 1-22) in which a trait manifests in heterozygotes. In the context of medical genetics, an autosomal dominant disorder is caused when a single copy of the mutant allele is present. Males and females are affected equally, and can both transmit the disorder with a risk of 50% for each child of inheriting the mutant allele.
 
HPO: HP:0004780
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0007693
OMIM®: 139600
Orphanet: ORPHA2220

Definition

Hairy elbows is a rare form of localized hypertrichosis. The lanugo type of hair usually appears in infancy, becomes coarser during early childhood, and regresses at adolescence (summary by Visser et al., 2002). [from OMIM]

Clinical features

From HPO
Short stature
MedGen UID:
87607
Concept ID:
C0349588
Finding
A height below that which is expected according to age and gender norms. Although there is no universally accepted definition of short stature, many refer to "short stature" as height more than 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender (or below the 3rd percentile for age and gender dependent norms).
Abnormal facial shape
MedGen UID:
98409
Concept ID:
C0424503
Finding
An abnormal morphology (form) of the face or its components.
Hypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome
MedGen UID:
870835
Concept ID:
C4025295
Finding
Hairy elbows is a rare form of localized hypertrichosis. The lanugo type of hair usually appears in infancy, becomes coarser during early childhood, and regresses at adolescence (summary by Visser et al., 2002).

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome

Conditions with this feature

Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome
MedGen UID:
340266
Concept ID:
C1854630
Disease or Syndrome
Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WSS) is characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, and characteristic facial features, with or without additional congenital anomalies. The facial features include thick eyebrows with lateral flare, vertically narrow and downslanted palpebral fissures, widely spaced eyes, long eyelashes, wide nasal bridge, broad nasal tip, thin vermilion of the upper lip, and thick scalp hair. About 60% of affected individuals have hypertrichosis cubiti ("hairy elbows"), which was once thought to be pathognomic for the syndrome, with a majority having hypertrichosis of other body parts. Other clinical features include feeding difficulties, prenatal and postnatal growth restriction, epilepsy, ophthalmologic anomalies, congenital heart defects, hand anomalies (such as brachydactyly and clinodactyly), hypotonia, vertebral anomalies (especially fusion anomalies of the cervical spine), renal and uterine anomalies, immune dysfunction, brain malformations, and dental anomalies.
Hypertrichosis cubiti-short stature syndrome
MedGen UID:
870835
Concept ID:
C4025295
Finding
Hairy elbows is a rare form of localized hypertrichosis. The lanugo type of hair usually appears in infancy, becomes coarser during early childhood, and regresses at adolescence (summary by Visser et al., 2002).
Neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia, dysmorphic facies, and skin abnormalities
MedGen UID:
1824058
Concept ID:
C5774285
Disease or Syndrome
Neurodevelopmental disorder with hypotonia, dysmorphic facies, and skin abnormalities (NEDHFS) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe global developmental delay with impaired intellectual development and poor or absent speech. Affected individuals have dysmorphic facies, including large abnormally shaped ears and strabismus, hypotonia, and dry skin with keratosis pilaris. Some patients develop seizures. Metabolic studies are unremarkable (Morava et al., 2021).

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Foroutan A, Haghshenas S, Bhai P, Levy MA, Kerkhof J, McConkey H, Niceta M, Ciolfi A, Pedace L, Miele E, Genevieve D, Heide S, Alders M, Zampino G, Merla G, Fradin M, Bieth E, Bonneau D, Dieterich K, Fergelot P, Schaefer E, Faivre L, Vitobello A, Maitz S, Fischetto R, Gervasini C, Piccione M, van de Laar I, Tartaglia M, Sadikovic B, Lebre AS
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Feb 5;23(3) doi: 10.3390/ijms23031815. PMID: 35163737Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Sheppard SE, Campbell IM, Harr MH, Gold N, Li D, Bjornsson HT, Cohen JS, Fahrner JA, Fatemi A, Harris JR, Nowak C, Stevens CA, Grand K, Au M, Graham JM Jr, Sanchez-Lara PA, Campo MD, Jones MC, Abdul-Rahman O, Alkuraya FS, Bassetti JA, Bergstrom K, Bhoj E, Dugan S, Kaplan JD, Derar N, Gripp KW, Hauser N, Innes AM, Keena B, Kodra N, Miller R, Nelson B, Nowaczyk MJ, Rahbeeni Z, Ben-Shachar S, Shieh JT, Slavotinek A, Sobering AK, Abbott MA, Allain DC, Amlie-Wolf L, Au PYB, Bedoukian E, Beek G, Barry J, Berg J, Bernstein JA, Cytrynbaum C, Chung BH, Donoghue S, Dorrani N, Eaton A, Flores-Daboub JA, Dubbs H, Felix CA, Fong CT, Fung JLF, Gangaram B, Goldstein A, Greenberg R, Ha TK, Hersh J, Izumi K, Kallish S, Kravets E, Kwok PY, Jobling RK, Knight Johnson AE, Kushner J, Lee BH, Levin B, Lindstrom K, Manickam K, Mardach R, McCormick E, McLeod DR, Mentch FD, Minks K, Muraresku C, Nelson SF, Porazzi P, Pichurin PN, Powell-Hamilton NN, Powis Z, Ritter A, Rogers C, Rohena L, Ronspies C, Schroeder A, Stark Z, Starr L, Stoler J, Suwannarat P, Velinov M, Weksberg R, Wilnai Y, Zadeh N, Zand DJ, Falk MJ, Hakonarson H, Zackai EH, Quintero-Rivera F
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Jun;185(6):1649-1665. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62124. PMID: 33783954Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Foroutan A, Haghshenas S, Bhai P, Levy MA, Kerkhof J, McConkey H, Niceta M, Ciolfi A, Pedace L, Miele E, Genevieve D, Heide S, Alders M, Zampino G, Merla G, Fradin M, Bieth E, Bonneau D, Dieterich K, Fergelot P, Schaefer E, Faivre L, Vitobello A, Maitz S, Fischetto R, Gervasini C, Piccione M, van de Laar I, Tartaglia M, Sadikovic B, Lebre AS
Int J Mol Sci 2022 Feb 5;23(3) doi: 10.3390/ijms23031815. PMID: 35163737Free PMC Article
Sheppard SE, Campbell IM, Harr MH, Gold N, Li D, Bjornsson HT, Cohen JS, Fahrner JA, Fatemi A, Harris JR, Nowak C, Stevens CA, Grand K, Au M, Graham JM Jr, Sanchez-Lara PA, Campo MD, Jones MC, Abdul-Rahman O, Alkuraya FS, Bassetti JA, Bergstrom K, Bhoj E, Dugan S, Kaplan JD, Derar N, Gripp KW, Hauser N, Innes AM, Keena B, Kodra N, Miller R, Nelson B, Nowaczyk MJ, Rahbeeni Z, Ben-Shachar S, Shieh JT, Slavotinek A, Sobering AK, Abbott MA, Allain DC, Amlie-Wolf L, Au PYB, Bedoukian E, Beek G, Barry J, Berg J, Bernstein JA, Cytrynbaum C, Chung BH, Donoghue S, Dorrani N, Eaton A, Flores-Daboub JA, Dubbs H, Felix CA, Fong CT, Fung JLF, Gangaram B, Goldstein A, Greenberg R, Ha TK, Hersh J, Izumi K, Kallish S, Kravets E, Kwok PY, Jobling RK, Knight Johnson AE, Kushner J, Lee BH, Levin B, Lindstrom K, Manickam K, Mardach R, McCormick E, McLeod DR, Mentch FD, Minks K, Muraresku C, Nelson SF, Porazzi P, Pichurin PN, Powell-Hamilton NN, Powis Z, Ritter A, Rogers C, Rohena L, Ronspies C, Schroeder A, Stark Z, Starr L, Stoler J, Suwannarat P, Velinov M, Weksberg R, Wilnai Y, Zadeh N, Zand DJ, Falk MJ, Hakonarson H, Zackai EH, Quintero-Rivera F
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Jun;185(6):1649-1665. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62124. PMID: 33783954Free PMC Article
Jinxiu L, Shuimei L, Ming X, Jonathan LC, Xiangju L, Wenyuan D
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Apr;99(16):e19813. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019813. PMID: 32311999Free PMC Article
Sun Y, Hu G, Liu H, Zhang X, Huang Z, Yan H, Wang L, Fan Y, Gu X, Yu Y
Am J Med Genet A 2017 Feb;173(2):510-514. Epub 2016 Oct 19 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38025. PMID: 27759909
Rosina P, Pugliarello S, Tarocco M, D'Onghia FS, Barba A
Int J Dermatol 2006 Feb;45(2):127-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02646.x. PMID: 16445502

Therapy

Jinxiu L, Shuimei L, Ming X, Jonathan LC, Xiangju L, Wenyuan D
Medicine (Baltimore) 2020 Apr;99(16):e19813. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019813. PMID: 32311999Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Jones WD, Dafou D, McEntagart M, Woollard WJ, Elmslie FV, Holder-Espinasse M, Irving M, Saggar AK, Smithson S, Trembath RC, Deshpande C, Simpson MA
Am J Hum Genet 2012 Aug 10;91(2):358-64. Epub 2012 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.06.008. PMID: 22795537Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Sheppard SE, Campbell IM, Harr MH, Gold N, Li D, Bjornsson HT, Cohen JS, Fahrner JA, Fatemi A, Harris JR, Nowak C, Stevens CA, Grand K, Au M, Graham JM Jr, Sanchez-Lara PA, Campo MD, Jones MC, Abdul-Rahman O, Alkuraya FS, Bassetti JA, Bergstrom K, Bhoj E, Dugan S, Kaplan JD, Derar N, Gripp KW, Hauser N, Innes AM, Keena B, Kodra N, Miller R, Nelson B, Nowaczyk MJ, Rahbeeni Z, Ben-Shachar S, Shieh JT, Slavotinek A, Sobering AK, Abbott MA, Allain DC, Amlie-Wolf L, Au PYB, Bedoukian E, Beek G, Barry J, Berg J, Bernstein JA, Cytrynbaum C, Chung BH, Donoghue S, Dorrani N, Eaton A, Flores-Daboub JA, Dubbs H, Felix CA, Fong CT, Fung JLF, Gangaram B, Goldstein A, Greenberg R, Ha TK, Hersh J, Izumi K, Kallish S, Kravets E, Kwok PY, Jobling RK, Knight Johnson AE, Kushner J, Lee BH, Levin B, Lindstrom K, Manickam K, Mardach R, McCormick E, McLeod DR, Mentch FD, Minks K, Muraresku C, Nelson SF, Porazzi P, Pichurin PN, Powell-Hamilton NN, Powis Z, Ritter A, Rogers C, Rohena L, Ronspies C, Schroeder A, Stark Z, Starr L, Stoler J, Suwannarat P, Velinov M, Weksberg R, Wilnai Y, Zadeh N, Zand DJ, Falk MJ, Hakonarson H, Zackai EH, Quintero-Rivera F
Am J Med Genet A 2021 Jun;185(6):1649-1665. Epub 2021 Mar 30 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62124. PMID: 33783954Free PMC Article
Nardello R, Mangano GD, Fontana A, Gagliardo C, Midiri F, Borgia P, Brighina F, Raieli V, Mangano S, Salpietro V
Eur J Med Genet 2021 Feb;64(2):104133. Epub 2020 Dec 30 doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2020.104133. PMID: 33387673
Baer S, Afenjar A, Smol T, Piton A, Gérard B, Alembik Y, Bienvenu T, Boursier G, Boute O, Colson C, Cordier MP, Cormier-Daire V, Delobel B, Doco-Fenzy M, Duban-Bedu B, Fradin M, Geneviève D, Goldenberg A, Grelet M, Haye D, Heron D, Isidor B, Keren B, Lacombe D, Lèbre AS, Lesca G, Masurel A, Mathieu-Dramard M, Nava C, Pasquier L, Petit A, Philip N, Piard J, Rondeau S, Saugier-Veber P, Sukno S, Thevenon J, Van-Gils J, Vincent-Delorme C, Willems M, Schaefer E, Morin G
Clin Genet 2018 Jul;94(1):141-152. Epub 2018 May 17 doi: 10.1111/cge.13254. PMID: 29574747
Sun Y, Hu G, Liu H, Zhang X, Huang Z, Yan H, Wang L, Fan Y, Gu X, Yu Y
Am J Med Genet A 2017 Feb;173(2):510-514. Epub 2016 Oct 19 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38025. PMID: 27759909
Jones WD, Dafou D, McEntagart M, Woollard WJ, Elmslie FV, Holder-Espinasse M, Irving M, Saggar AK, Smithson S, Trembath RC, Deshpande C, Simpson MA
Am J Hum Genet 2012 Aug 10;91(2):358-64. Epub 2012 Jul 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.06.008. PMID: 22795537Free PMC Article

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Clinical resources

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Recent activity

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...