Term
| Defect and inheritance pattern of Ichthyosis Vulgaris? |
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Definition
Profillagrin (decreased in keratinocytes)
AD
likely polygenic |
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Term
| Gene defect/product and findings in X-linked Ichthyosis? |
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Definition
STS (steroid sulfatase gene)
steroid sulfatase deficiency=increased cholesterol sulfate and decreased cholesterol in stratum corneum
failure of progression of labor (due to increased fetal placental sulfatase and increased fetal DHEA)
brown adherent scales (spares palms/soles/face/flexures)
comma shaped corneal opacities
cryptorchidism
Labs: inreased serum cholesterol sulfate |
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Term
What is another name for Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis?
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Definition
| Bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma |
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Term
| Defect in BCIE (Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis)? |
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Definition
K1/K10
(defective keratin leads to tonofilament clumping and bullae formation)
(ichthyosis hystrix, with extensive epidermal nevi reflects a somatic mosaicism for K1/K10) |
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Term
| Inheritence and findings in BCIE (Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis)? |
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Definition
AD (50% spontaneous)
widespread bullae; denuded skin; secondary sepsis; elecrolyte imbalance ; +/- focal hyperkeratosis
later: generalized hyperkeratosis, rare focal bullae, dark warty scales with spiny ridges (corrugated pattern), secondary bacterial in intertriginous areas, PPK in some, nail dystrophy, scales shed with full thickness stratum corneum leaving tender denuded base |
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Term
| Infant with erythroderma, erosions and hyperkeratosis: DX? |
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Definition
| Bullous Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma (Epidermolytic Hyperkeratosis)? |
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Term
| Main diseases with collodion babies? |
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Definition
| Lamellar ichthyosis and Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma (NBCIE or CIE) |
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Term
| Inheritence and gene defect/product of Lamellar Ichthyosis? |
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Definition
AR
TGM1; transglutaminase 1
heterogeneous mutations in TGM1 interfere with normal cross linking of structural proteins in protein and lipid envelope |
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Term
| Dx: generalized large, dark, platelike scale increased in flexures; erythroderma; ectropion; PPK; decreased sweating with heat intolerance? |
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Definition
Lamellar Ichthyosis
Dx with skin biopsy for in-situ detection of transglutaminase-1 expression and activity; Mutations in the ABCA12 gene, less severe than those seen with harlequin ichthyosis |
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Term
Dx: collodion baby, generalized erythroderma with fine white scale, flexures involved; extensor legs with large platelike dark scale; +/- PPK; hypohidrosis with heat intolerance?
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Definition
Congenital Ichthyosiform Erythroderma (CIE)
TGM1 in some, different gene loci in others |
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Term
| Gene defect in Harlequin fetus? |
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Definition
ABCA12
ABCA12 activity is required for the generation of long-chain ceramide esters that are essential for the development of normal skin structure and function |
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Term
| Dx: generalized dark scale, accentuated in flexures, lower abdomen/back/neck; spares face; mental retardation; spastic di-tetraplegia with 'scissor gait'; speech deficit, epilepsy; "glistening white dots in perimacular distribution" |
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Definition
Sjogren-Larsson Syndrome
AR, Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH gene) lead to decrease in fatty alchohol:NAD oxidoreductase with defective conversion of fatty alcohol to fatty acid (important for epidermal lipids and phospholipids/sphingolipids in CNS myelin)
accumulated fatty alcohol/fatty aldehyde/leukotriene B4=pruritus |
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Term
| Gene defect/product in Sjogren-Larsson? |
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Definition
| FALDH/fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase (AR) |
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Term
| Defect in Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase |
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Definition
Sjogren-Larsson syndrome (AR)
generalized ichthyosis, MR, spastic tetraplegia (scissor gait), "glistening white perimacular dots" |
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Term
| Refsum Syndrome gene defect/product? |
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Definition
PEX7=peroxin 7 (enzymes to peroxisomes)
PAHX=phytanoyl-CoA hydroxylase (catalyzation of phytanic acid) |
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Term
| Dx: mild ichthyosis, cerebellar ataxia, progressive peripheral polyneuropathy, retinitis pigmentaosa (salt and pepper pigment with secondary night blindness), sensorineural deafness, arrhythmias with heart block/failure, symmetric muscle wasting, skeletal abnormalities? |
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Definition
Refsum Syndrome (a.k.a. Phytanic acid storage disease)
AR
PAHX on 10p/PEX7 on 6q
dietary treatment with a phytanic acid-restricted diet, such as exclusively avoiding green plants and to a lesser extent, consumption of fatty animal tissues from beef, lamb, and fatty fish such as tuna, cod, and haddock |
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Term
| Another name for Conradi-Hunermann Syndrome? |
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Definition
X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata; Conradi-Hunermann-Happle syndrome
usually lethal in males |
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Term
| Dx: ichthyosiform erythroderma in Blaschko's lines in infancy resolving to follicular atrophoderma/hyperpigmentation; coarse/patchy alopecia; asymmetric focal cataracts; stippled epiphyses; asymmmetric limb shortening, short stature, scoliosis; frontal bossing, macrocephaly, flat nasal root, MR (rare) |
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Definition
Conradi-Hunermann-(Happle) syndrome; X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata
EBP gene/emopamil-binding protein = defect in cholesterol biosynthesis |
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Term
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Definition
CHILD Syndrome
Congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects |
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Term
| Dx: unilateral ichthyosiform erythroderma with sharp midline cutoff involving trunk and limbs; +- linear/segmental involvement on contralateral side; improve with age (persist in skin folds, i.e. ptychotropism); ipsilateral alopecia; nail dystrophy; hypoplasia/agenesis of limbs ipsilateral; +- stippled epiphyses; hypoplasia/agenesis of organs below ichthyosis (CNS, CV, renal, GU). |
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Definition
CHILD
congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosisform erythroderma and limb defects
X-linked dominant; NSDHL (affecting cholesterol biosynthesis) |
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Term
| SPINK5 gene defect causes what unique skin finding? |
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Definition
Ichthyosis linearis circumflexa (ILC), a.k.a. Netherton syndrome
AR, SPINK5 gene encodes LEKT1 (serine protease inhibitor important in downregulating inflammatory pathways and possibly related to atopy). |
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Term
| Dx: migratory erythematous, polycyclic, serpiginous plaques with doubled edged scale; atopic dermatitis with flexural lichenification/pruritus; trichorrhexis invaginata (ball and socket;bamboo hair); pili torti/trichorrhexis nodosa (most common on eyebrow); anaphylactic to some foods |
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Definition
Netherton Syndrome
ILC (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
SPINK5/LEKT1 (serine protease inhibitor) |
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Term
| Another name for Mendes da Costa syndrome? |
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Definition
Erythrokeratoderma Variabilis (EKV)
AD, GJB3 (connexin 31) GJB4 (connexin 30.3) |
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Term
| Dx: well demarcated geographic patches of erythema with changing shape and position day to day (face/buttocks/extensore extremities); cold/wind/heat/emotional upset may induce lesions; fixed focal hyperkeratotic plaques |
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Definition
Erythrokeratoderma Variabilis (Mendes da Costa)
AD, GJB3 (connexin 31) GJB4 (connexin 30.3)
treat with oral retinoids (low dose) |
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Term
| gene defect in Erythrokeratoderma Variabilis? |
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Definition
GJB3 connexin 31
GJB4 connexin 30.3 |
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Term
| gene defect in KID (keratitis, ichthyosis, deafness) syndrome? |
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Definition
GJB2 (connexin 26)
gap junction protein responsible for intercellular communications in the epidermis and cochlea |
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Term
| Dx: generalized mild hyperkeratosis with follicular plugging, erythematous keratotic plaques on face/extremities>trunk, PPK with stippled surface, SCC of skin/tongue, alopecia of scalp/eyelashes/eyebrows, dystrophic nails, nonprogressive sensorineural deafness, progressive bilateral vascularized keratitis (poss. secondary blindness) |
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Definition
KID (keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness)
AD, GJB2 (connexin 26) |
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Term
| Name the two types of inheritable diffuse PPK: |
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Definition
Vorner PPK or epidermolyitic PPK
Unna-Thost PPK or non-epidermolytic PPK |
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Term
| Dx: diffuse bilateral symmetric hyperkeraotsis of palms and soles with white/yellow hue; well demarcated with erythematous border; no transgrediens; secondary painful fissuring; abnormal gait secondary to pain |
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Definition
diffuse PPK
either Vorner (epidermolytic) or Unna-Thost (nonepidermolytic) |
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Term
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Definition
Howel-Evans Syndrome
tylosis and oesophageal cancer (TOC) gene on 17q25 |
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Term
| Dx: focal weight bearing symmetric non-transgrediens PPK, esophageal carcinoma, oral leukoplakia |
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Definition
Howel-Evans Syndrome
AD, TOC gene (tylosis and oesophageal cancer)
referral to GI |
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Term
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Definition
KID or Vohwinkel
encodes connexin 26 |
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Term
| Dx: diffuse honeycombed PPK, pseudo-ainhum (worse on 5th digit), starfish shaped keratotic plaques on dorsum of hands/feet/elbows/knees; linear keratoses of elbows/knees; mild generalized ichthyosis with flexural acentuation in loricrin variant; scarring alopecia; high-frequency nonprogressive hearing loss (classic variant) |
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Definition
Vohwinkel Syndrome (PPK mutilans, Keratoderma hereditaria mutilans)
AD
classic (w/ deafness): GJB2 (connexin 26)
Loricrin variant: loricrin gene on EDC (epidermal differentiation complex) 1q21 |
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Term
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Definition
Mal de Maleda (Keratoderma palmoplantaris transgrediens)
AR
SLURP1 (secreted Ly-6/uPar related protein 1) encodes for proteins important in cell signaling and adhesion |
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Term
| Dx: glove and stocking PPK with sharp demarcation, transgrediens, secondary painful fissures, hyperhidrosis, maceration, fetid odor, hyperkeratotic plaques at knees/elbows, subungual hyperkeratosis; koilonychia |
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Definition
Mal de Maleda
SLURP1 gene
AR |
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Term
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Definition
Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome
AR
CTSC encodes for cathepsin C, a lysosomal protease |
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Term
| Dx: sharply demarcated PPK with erythematous border, transgrediens, hyperhidrosis, fetid odor, pyogenic infections, hyperkeratotic plaques on elbows and knees, sparse hair, periodontitis with severe gingivitis, alveolar bone resorptions, loss of deciduous and permanent teeth, dural calcification at the tentorium and choroid attachments |
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Definition
Papillon-Lefevre Syndrome (Palmoplantar keratoderma with periodontosis)
AR, CTSC |
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Term
| Another name for Richner-Hanhart Syndrome? |
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Definition
Tyrosinemia type II
AR, tyrosine aminotransferase gene 16q22.1-q22 |
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Term
| Dx: focal/weightbearing or diffuse PPK, +- pain with impaired ambulation, erosions/bullae/erythema, hyperkeratotic plaques on knees/elbows, severe keratitis with photophobia, corneal ulceration, neovascularization and blindness, +-MR |
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Definition
Richner-Hanhart Syndrome (tyrosinemia type II)
AR, tyrosine aminotransferase gene
Lab: increased plasma and urinary tyrosine levels (and metabolites)
Refer to ophthalmologist |
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Term
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Definition
Darier's disease (Keratosis follicularis)
AD, ATP2A2 encoding SERCA2 a Ca2+ pump providing increased extracellular Calcium necessary for normal epidermal differentiation and formation |
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Term
| Dx: hyperkeratotic papules coalescing to warty plaques in seborrheic distribution; yellow/brown greasy malodorous; verrucous papules on dorsum hands (i.e. Acrokeratosis verruciformis of Hopf); palmoplantar punctate keratosis/pits; red/white alternating bands on nails; subungual hyperkeratosis; V-shaped nick at distal plate; cobblestone papules on oral/anal mucosa; schizophrenia and MR (some) |
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Definition
Darier's disease (dyskeratosis follicularis)
AD, ATP2A2 encoding SERCA2 (calcium pump)
Tx with systemtic retinoids, limit direct sunlight (worse in summer) |
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Term
| Another name for Ichthyosis Hystrix? |
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Definition
Epidermal nevus syndrome, Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus, linear sebaceous nevus
(many distinct genetic diseases all sharing a phenotype reflecting genetic mosaicism) |
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Term
| Types of Ichthyosis Hystrix: |
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Definition
Ichthyosis hystrix, Curth-Macklin type: hyperkeratosis is brown-grey in colour and is most obvious on the arms and legs. It is a autosomal dominant condition and can be caused by errors to the KRT1 gene
Ichthyosis hystrix, Lambert type: spiny scales which cover the entire body except the face, genitals, palms and soles. The only known cases were in Edward Lambert (known as the porcupine man) and three generations of his descendants |
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Term
| Dx: long, linear, verrucous plaques on limbs; +- scale/erythema |
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Definition
ILVEN (inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus)
Nevus Unius Laterus |
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Term
| Dx: extensive verrucous plaques in whorl-like pattern on trunk |
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Definition
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Term
| Dx: linear, orange/tan waxy plaques on scalp extending onto face |
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Definition
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Term
| Dx: epidermal nevi, hemangiomas, capillary malformations, hypopigmentation, cafe-au-lait macules, MR, seizures, spastic hemiparesis/paralysis, sensorineural deafness, cerebral hemangiomas, vascular malformations, hemihypertrophy, kyphoscoliosis, ankle/foot deformities, vitamin-D resistant rickets, lipodermoids (eye), colobomas, corneal opacity, nystagmus, cortical blindness, syringocystadenoma papilliferum, Wilm's tumor, astrocytoma, rhabdomyosarcoma |
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Definition
Epidermal Nevus Syndrome
referral to Neurologist, ophthalmologis, orthopedist
Genetic counseling if at risk for EHK (BCIE) offspring |
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Term
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Definition
Oculocutaneous Albinism Type I (OCA1)AR, tyrosinase gene (TYR) 11q14-q21
"tyrosine negative albinism"
absent tyrosinase activity, i.e. lack of tyrosinase transport to melanosomes (normal # melanocytes, unable to produce melanin in skin/hair/eyes) |
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Term
| Dx: generalized pink/white color, solar keratoses, pink/red nevi, SCC>BCC>melanoma; snow white hair; blue to blue/gray irides, severe nystagmus, photophobia, impaired visual acuity (i.e. 20/200 or worse), prominent red reflex, strabismus, foveal hypoplasia) |
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Definition
OCA1 (oculocutaneous albinism type 1)
"tyrosinase negative albinism"
TYR gene, AR |
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Term
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Definition
OCA2 (oculocutaneous albinism type II)
tyrosinase positive albinism
AR, P gene mutation leading to decrease eumelanin synthesis; decreased melanin in skin/hair/eyes |
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Term
| Dx: generalized pink/white to cream color, multiple pigmented nevi/ephelides/lentigines, solar keratoses, SCC/BCC; cream to yellow/brown hair; blue to yellow/brown irides, nystagmus, photophobia, impaired visual acuity, foveal hypoplasia |
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Definition
OCA2
"tyrosine positive albinism"
AR, P gene |
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Term
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Definition
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
AR, HPS1 gene; AP3B1 gene (+5 others)
HPS1 gene duplication of gene for protein localization via intracellular trafficking and organelle formation.
AP3B1 gene cause HPS2 important in protein packaging
"tyrosinase positive" |
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Term
| Dx: pigment dilution, pigmented nevi, solar keratoses, SCC/BCC, ecchymoses, petechiae, cream to red/brown hair, photophobia, nystagmus, decreased visual acuity, strabismus, foveal hypoplasia, epistaxis, gingival bleeding, menorrhagia, prolonged bleeding; ceroid deposition in macrophages in lung (pulmonary fibrosis), GI tract (granulomatous colitis), cardiac muscle (cardiomyopathy) |
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Definition
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
HPS1 mutation, AR
Avoid aspirin (and other PG synthesis inhibitors)
baseline chest x-ray/PFTs/colonoscopy (if s/s)
premature death secondary to hemorrhage/colitis/pulmonic |
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Term
| Wet-mount microscopy with platelets without dense granules: |
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Definition
| Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome |
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Term
| Female with "showers of petechiae" and cream colored hair and skin: |
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Definition
Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
HPS1 or AP3B1 |
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Term
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Definition
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
AR, LYST coding for lysosomal tracking protein regulating microtubule mediated lysosomal fusion/fission and protein sorting (leads to accumulation of giant lysosomal granules in Neuts/Melanocytes/Neurons) |
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Term
| Giant lysosomal granules in polymorphonuclear neutrophil: |
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Definition
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Term
| Dx: recurrent bacterial (staph) infections, light cream to slate gray skin; light blonde hair with silver sheen; photophobia, strabismus, nystagmus, decreased uveal pigment; recurrent bacterial sinusitis, pneumonia; progressive neurologic deterioration with ataxia, mm. weakness, sensory loss; (Accelerated phase 85% patients: lymphohistiocytic proliferation with infiltration of liver, spleen, lymph nodes; anemia; neutropenia; thrombocytopenia (petechiae); ecchymoses; gingival bleeding; epistaxis, GI bleed |
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Definition
Chediak-Higashi Syndrome
AR, LYST gene on 1q42 encoding for lysosomal tracking protein regulating microtubule mediated lysosomal fusion/fission (leads to accumulation of giant lysosomal granules in Neuts/Melanocytes/Neurons), platelet storage pool deficiency=bleeding diathesis, decreased NK cell and antibody cell-mediated cytolysis function=frequent bacterial infxn
Tx: bone marrow transplant, high dose ascorbic acid (death by 10) |
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Term
| mutations in gene encoding for myosin Va or RAB27a: |
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Definition
Griscelli Syndrome
AR, myosin Va or RAB27a are proteins involved in organelle trafficking and membrane transport; melanophilin gene mutations also implicated |
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Term
| Dx: pigmentary dilution, cutaneous pyogenic infections, abscesses; silver-gray hair/eyebrows/eyelashes; neutropenia, thrombocytopenia; lymphohistiocytic infiltration leading to hepatosplenomegaly, combined T- and B-cell deficiency, accelerated lymphoma like phase; episodic fever +-infection, progressive neurologic deterioration with hypotonia, psychomotor retardation, seizures |
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Definition
Griscelli Syndrome
AR, myosin Va or RAB27a (MYO5A gene)
Lab: clusters of melanin on hair shaft/medulla
Tx: BMT |
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Term
| Another name for Piebaldism: |
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Definition
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Term
| c-kit proto-oncogene mutation: |
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Definition
Piebaldism
AD, mutation in c-kit proto-oncogene on 4q12
c-kit mutation results in abnormal tyrosine kinase transmembrane receptors, decreases signal transduction, and causes abnormal melanocyte embryogenesis with defective melanoblast proliferation, migration and distribution |
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Term
| Dx: depigmented patches on mid-forehead, central eyebrows, neck, anterior trunk, mid-extremities; often bilateral, sparing hands, feet, back, shoulders, hips; islands of hyperpigmented pathes with and at borders; white forelock (80-90%); Hirschsprung disease (rare); MR(rare); deafness (rare); cerebellar ataxia (rare) |
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Definition
Piebaldism (familial white spotting)
AD, c-kit proto-oncogene mutation |
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Term
| Name the gene defects in Waardenburg Syndrome: |
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Definition
Type I: PAX3
Type II: MITF
Type III: PAX3
Type IV: SOX10 and endothelin-3 |
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Term
| Which type of Waardenburg Syndrome has Hirschprung disease related: |
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Definition
| Type IV: SOX10 and endothelin-3 mutations |
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Term
| Dx: depigmented patches on body; white forelock (<50%); synophrys (70%); caries; broad nasal root; dystopia canthorum (99%, i.e. lateral displacement of medial canthi with normal interpupillary distance; complete or partial heterochromia irides (25%); congenital sensorineural hearing loss (20%, II), Hirschprung disease (<5%, IV), cleft lip/palate (I), upper limb/pectoral anomalies (III). |
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Definition
Waardenburg Syndrome
AD
Type I and III: PAX3, transcription factor controlling neural crest differentiation
Type II: MITF, melanocyte transcription factor
Type IV: SOX10 and endothelin-3
Dystopia canthorum= inner canthal distance/outer canthal distance > 0.6.
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Term
| Dx: marble cake unilateral/bilateral whirled hypopigmentation in Blaschko's lines; alopecia; (associated 75%: seizures, MR, strabismus, hypertelorism, scoliosis, limb lenth discrepancy, anodontia, dental dysplasia) |
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Definition
| Hypomelanosis of Ito (incontinentia pigmenti achromicans) |
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Term
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Definition
Incontinentia Pigmenti (Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome)
X-linked dominant, NEMO (NF-kappaB modulator) codes for NF-kappa B a transcription factor essential for several inflammatory, immune and apoptotic pathways. |
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Term
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Definition
I: vesicular (birth to 1-2 weeks)
II: verrucous (2-6 weeks)
III: hyperpigmentation (3-6 months)
IV: hypopigmentation (second to third decade) |
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Term
| Dx: hypopigmented whorls and swirls +- follicular atrophy; scarring alopecia(30%); dystrophic nails (5-10%); anodontia; peg/conical teeth; (30%): strabismus, cataracts, optic atrophy, retinal vascular changes with secondary blindness, (30%): retrolental mass; seizures, MR, spastic paralysis |
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Definition
Incontinentia Pigmenti (a.k.a. Bloch-Sulzberger syndrome)
NEMO gene (NF-kappaB essential modulator) |
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Term
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Definition
LEOPARD Syndrome (multiple lentigines syndrome)
AD, PTPN11 encodes nonreceptor protein tyrosine phosphatase SHP2 |
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Term
| Dx: generalized multiple lentigines, mucous membranes spared, cafe noir spots, cafe-au-lait spots; ECG conduction defects, pulmonic stenosis, aortic stenosis, obstructive cardiomyopathy, ocular hypertelorism, triangular facies, abnormal genitalia (hypospadias/cryptorchidism), growth retardation, pectus excavatum or carinatum, sensorineural defness, mild MR (rare) |
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Definition
LEOPARD Syndrome (multiple lentigines syndrome)
AD, PTPN11 gene
L: Lentigines
E: ECG conduction defects
O: Ocular hypertelorism
P: Pulmonic stenosis
A: Abnormal genitalia
R: growth Retardation
D: sensorineural Deafness |
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Term
| Another name for Carney Complex? |
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Definition
| NAME syndrome, LAMB syndrome |
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Term
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Definition
Carney Complex (NAME syndrome, LAMB syndrome)
AD, PRKAR1A gene, tumor suppressor gene
lentigines, blue nevi, melanocytic nevi, ephelides, myxomas (including atrial) |
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Term
| Dx: lentigines, blue nevi, melanocytic nevi, ephelides (involving mucosa), myxomas, atrial myxoma (secondary embolization with CHF), pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (Cushing), pituitary adenoma (acromegaly), testicular tumors (large cell Sertoli, Leydig cell), sexual precocity, psammomatous melanotic schwannomas |
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Definition
Carney complex (NAME, LAMB syndrome), PRKAR1A gene
N: Nevi
A: Atrial myxomas
M: myxomas
E: Ephelides
Refer to Cardiologist, endocrinologist |
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Term
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Definition
McCune-Albright Syndrome
sporadic, postzygotic somatic mutation in GNAS1 encoding for the alpha subunit of the stimulatory G proteins that regulates adenylate cyclase |
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Term
| Dx: large segmental cafe au lait macules with "coast of Maine" border; polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (beneath cafe au lait macule) usually long bones and facial bones; recurrent fractures, bowing of limbs, limb length discrepancies, diffuse sclerosis at base of skull; precocious puberty, hyperthyroidism |
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Definition
McCune-Albright Syndrome
sporadic post-zygotic somatic mutation of GNAS1 (encoding alpha subunit of stimulatory G proteins regulating adenylate cyclase) |
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Term
| Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (i.e. bone lucencies and bowing of the long bones): |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Neurofibromatosis I (von Recklinghausen disease)
AD, NF-1 on 17q11.2 (spontaneous 50%), tumor suppressor that dampens products of ras proto-oncogenes and its loss may contribute to tumor progression when gene mutation occurs |
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Term
| What are the NIH consensus criteria for diagnosis of von Recklinghausen disease? |
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Definition
2 or more of:
Six or more cafe au lait macules over 5 mm diameter (pre-pubertal) 15 mm (postpubertal)
2 or more neurofibromas or 1 plexiform neurofibroma
Freckling in axillar/inguinal regions
Optic glioma
Two or mor Lisch nodules
Distinctive osseous lesion (e.g. sphenoid dysplasia, thinning of long bone cortex +-pseudoarthrosis)
First degree relative with NF-1
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Term
| Dx: cafe au lait macules, axillary freckling, neurofibromas, Lisch nodules (i.e. iris hamartomas), optic glioma, sphenoid wing dysplasia, seizures, vascular dysplasia, constipation: |
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Definition
Neurofibromatosis I (von Recklinghausen disease)
NF-1 17q11.2, tumor suppressor dampens ras proto-oncogenes |
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Term
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Definition
| neurofibromas, optic glioma, Lisch nodules, astrocytomas, meningioma, vestibular schwannoma (acoustic neuroma), ependymoma, neurofibrosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, pheochromocytoma, Wilms' tumor, nonlymphocytic childhood leukemia, visceral neurofibromas |
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Term
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Definition
Neurofibromatosis II (bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis; central neurofibromatosis)
AD, SCH gene (spontaneous 50%)
neurofibromas, bilateral acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannomas), schwannomas of other cranial nerves, meningiomas, astrocytomas, ependymomas |
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Term
| Dx: deafness, tinnitus, poor balance, headache, muscular wasting, underwater disorientation, neurofibromas, bilateral acoustic neuromas; juvenile posterior subcapsular lenticular opacity |
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Definition
NF2 (bilateral acoustic neurofibromatosis)
never swim alone! |
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Term
| NIH criteria for diagnosis of NF2: |
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Definition
bilateral 8th nerve masses (CT or MRI) -or-
First degree relative with NF2 -and either-
unilateral 8th nerve mass -or-
any 2: neurofibroma, meningioma, spinal glioma, schwannoma, juvenile posterior subcapsular lenticular opacity |
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Term
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Definition
Tuberous Sclerosis (Bourneville's syndrome; epiloia)
AD, TSC1 or TSC2 (66% spontaneous mutations)
TSC1: hamartin
TSC2: tuberin tumor suppression and interact to regulate GTPase activity of rap 1 GAP family genes. TSC2 with renal cysts may be associated with deletion in contiguous polycystic kidney gene |
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Term
| Dx: ash leaf macule, Shagreen patch (connective tissue nevus); Facial angiofibromas ("adenoma sebaceum"), periungual fibromas, fibrous plaque of face, cafe au lait macule; infantile spasms, tonic-clonic seizures, hypsarrhythmia, MR, cortical tumors, paraventricular calcification, retinal hamartomas (phakomas), angiomyolipoma (cysts kidney), rhabdomyoma (cardiac); enamel pits, gingival fibromas; phalangeal cysts, periosteal thickening, lymphangiomyomatosis |
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Definition
Tuberous sclerosis (Bourneville's syndrome; epiloia)
TSC1 (hamartin) and TSC2 (tuberin) interact to regulate GTPase ativity of rap 1 GAP family genes |
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Term
| defect in morphogenesis within cephalic neural crest with subsequent abnormal vasculature in upper facial dermis, choroid, and pia-arachnoid (mesoectodermal tissue) |
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Definition
Sturge-Weber Syndrome (encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis)
sporadic, likely autosomal lethal mutation surviving by mosaicism |
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Term
| Synonym for Sturge-Weber syndrome? |
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Definition
| Encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis |
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Term
| Dx: facial capillary malformation (trigeminal n. V1 +- V2, V3), unilateral (usually), progressive soft tissue and skeletal hypertrophy beneath; cerebral atrophy, capillary, venous, and arteriovenous malformations ipsilateral in leptomeninges, tram-track calcification in temporal and occipital cortex, seizures (50%), MR, hemiparesis, HA; choroid malformation, ipsilateral glaucoma with secondary buphthalmos, visual loss |
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Definition
Sturge-Weber Syndrome (encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis)
MRI, PET/SPECT, EEG
refer to Neurology, ophthalmology, oral surgeon |
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Term
| Dx: capillary malformation of lower extremity (95%) or upper or combined, unilateral (85%); soft tissue, mm., bony hypertophy below cutaneous malformation with increased limb lenth/girth; rarely hypotrophic limb, polydactyly, syndactyly; superficial venous varicosities, phleboliths, deep venous malformation, arteriovenous fistulas (Parkes-Weber variant), superficial thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis complicated by PE (rare); lymphatic malformation +-lymphedema |
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Definition
Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome (angio-osteohypertrophy syndrome)
sporadic
Tx: compression wraps, stockings, pump; refer to Ortho, Vascular surgeon, laser |
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Term
| Dx: posterior thoracic/lumbar/limb vascular lesion in a dermatomal distribution overlying a corresponding segment of spinal cord; fast-flow vascular malformation within the intramedullary spinal cord with secondary compression/anoxia-secondary pain, weakness, mm. atrophy, sensation loss below level of compression; bladder and sphincter dysfunction if extensive; subarachnoid hemorrhage; malformation may involve vertebral body |
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Definition
Cobb syndrome (cutaneomeningospinal angiomatosis)
sporadic, rare spinal AVM, more common without skin involvement
refer to Neurology and Neurosurgery after MRI/MRA |
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Term
| mosaicism for autosomal lethal mutation in PTEN tumor suppressor gene: |
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Definition
Proteus
(possibly includes Riley-Smith and Bannayan syndromes)
sporadic |
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Term
| Dx: soft subcutaneous masses (lymphatic/venous malformations), lipomas, capillary malformations, linear epidermal nevi, plantar/palmar hyperplasia, varicose veins, macrocephaly, facial asymmetry, skull hyperostoses, frontal bossing, syndactyly, asymmetric soft tissue and bony hypertrophy of hand/feet/limbs; kyphoscoliosis |
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Definition
Proteus Syndrome
sporadic mosaicism for PTEN mutation
"Elephant Man" Joseph Merrick |
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Term
| mutation in p57 (KIP2) gene: |
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Definition
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome (exomphalos-macroglossia-gigantism, i.e. EMG syndrome)
sporadic mutation in p57 (KIP2), a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor acting as a negative regulator of cell proliferation, leads to overgrowth of organs and increased susceptibility to malignancies |
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Term
| Dx: capillary malformation on mid-forehead, glabella, upper eyelids; macroglossia; linear earlobe crease, circular depressions on rim of posterior helices; hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, nephromegaly, pancreatomegaly, cardiomagaly, omphalocele, intestinal malrotation; neonatal hypoglycemia; somatic gigantism, hemihypertrophy; Wilms' tumor>hepatoblastoma>adrenal cortical carcinoma, rhabdomyosarcoma |
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Definition
Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome
sporadic mutation of p57 (KIP2) gene a cyclin dpendent kinase inhibitor gene
important to control hypoglycemia in neonate (to maintain normal intelligence). |
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Term
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Definition
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
AD, VHL gene (tumor suppressor) |
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Term
| Dx: retinal hemangioblastomas (w/ visual impairment-blindness), cerebellar>medullary spinal cord hemangioblastomas with s/s intracranial pressure (HA/N/V/vertigo/ataxia/MS changes) or spinal cord compression (loss sensation, proprioception, spastic paresis); renal cell carcinoma, cysts; pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cysts, adrenal carcinoma; capillary malformation (head/neck); polycythemia secondary to production of erythropoietin |
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Definition
Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome
AD, VHL gene (tumor suppressor)
CT/MRI brain and spinal cord, abdomen
Urinary vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) level screen
Serum catecholamine level screen
CBC |
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Term
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Definition
Ataxia-Telangietasia
AR, ATM gene coding for DNA repair (esp. after ionizing radiation) via p53 dependent pathway
ataxia presents initially in second or third year of life (telangiectasias by 3-6 yo) |
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Term
| Dx: telangiectasias-bulbar conjunctiva first with subsequent ear, eyelid, cheeks, neck, upper chest, flexor forearms; progeric facies with decreased subq fat, atrophy, sclerosis; granulomas; cafe au lait macules; canities (hair); cerebellar ataxia, progressive nystagmus, slurred speech, oculomotor apraxia, growth retardation, intellectual impairment; recurren viral/bacterial sinus infections, progressive respiratory impairment; ovarian dysgenesis, insulin resistant DM; lymphoreticular neoplasms |
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Definition
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (Louis-Bar syndrome)
ATM gene, AR, codes for DNA repair via p53 dependent mechanism
avoid x-rays, radiotherapy, bleomycin
refer to heme/onc, pulmonologist, neurologist |
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Term
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Definition
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Syndrome (Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome)
AD, HHT1, endoglin gene a transforming growth factor (TGF-beta) binding protein on endothelial cells essential for angiogenesis
AD, HHT2, ALK1 gene expressed on endothelial cells |
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Term
| Disease presenting with epistaxis in childhood: |
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Definition
HHT (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)
HHT1 and HHT 2 mutations |
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Term
| Dx: telangiectasias on face/palms/soles/subungual/vermillion/oral and nasal mucosa/conjunctiva; epistaxis (>80%); telangiectasias with secondary hemorrhage; hepatic AVMs; AV fistulas in lungs complicated by hemorrhage; cerebral abscesses |
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Definition
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT)
a.k.a. Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome
HHT1, endolin gene mutation (increased pulmonary AV fistula)
HHT2, ALK1 gene mutation (increased hepatic AVMs)
AD
refer to Oto, GI, Thoracic surgeon |
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Term
Dx: atrophic reticulated vascular patches on extremities>trunk>face; localized segmental or generalized with rare ulceration; phlebectasias, capillary malformation
Associated 50%: ipsilateral hemiatrophy/hemihypertophy of extremity; patent ductus arteriosus, arterial stenosis; glaucoma; MR |
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Definition
Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita
sporadic (poss. autosomal lethal mutation surviving in mosaic state)
regular limb length measurements
refer to ophtho for periocular involvement |
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Term
| Dx: superficial and deep venous malformations on hands/feet mainly; venous-lymphatic malformations less common; endochondromas; short stature; chondrosarcoma (15-20%); |
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Definition
Maffucci Syndrome
sporadic
venous malformations and skeletal distortion
Ortho |
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Term
| Dx: multiple venous malformations (soft/dark/blue/compressible) on trunk and extremities; +-pain +-increased sweat over lesions; increase in size an # with age; may have combined lymphatic venous malformation; GI venous malformations with secondary hemmorhage/anemia |
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Definition
Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome
sporadic
special attention to GI bleeding/anemia |
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Term
| Consumption coagulopathy within a kaposiform hemangioendothelioma or tufted angioma= |
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Definition
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Term
| Dx: large rapidly growing tendere bruising reddish purple soft tissue vascular mass with purpura; most common vascular tumors include kaposiform hemangioendotheliomas or tufted angiomas; may occur with a lymphatic malformation; petechiae, ecchymoses; tumor usually leaves residual stain, fibrotic plaque, papules, swelling; thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, DIC, acute hemorrhage (GI/pleural/pulmonic/CNS); CHF |
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Definition
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
sporadic
consumption coagulopathy within hemangioendothelioma or tufted angioma (20% mortality 2/2 hemorrhage)
Tx: prednisone, vincristine, interferon (propranolol?) |
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Term
| Dx: multiple 0.2-2.0 cm hemangiomas generalized involving any organ and skin; most common in liver>lungs, GI, CNS; liver hemangiomas canc be complicated by hepatomegaly, obstructive jaundice, portal hypertension, hemorrhage, thrombocytopenia, anemia, high-output CHF; |
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Definition
Diffuse Neonatal Hemangiomatosis (a.k.a. multiple neonatal hemangiomatosis)
sporadic
Tx: prednisone, vincristine, interferon, (propranolol?), hepatic artery ligation/embolization |
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Term
| What does PHACES stand for? |
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Definition
P: posterior fossa brain malformations
H: Hemangioma (facial)
A: arterial anomaolies
C: cardiac anomalies and aortic coarctation
E: eye abnormalities
S: sternal clefting/supraumbilical raphe |
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Term
| Dx: large facial plaque-like hemangioma in V1 distribution, what should you do? |
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Definition
MRI/MRA (posterior fossa malformation)
Aortagraphy/ECG (heart/aorta)
Refer to ophthalmology
PHACES syndrome
sporadic (poss. x-linked dominant as F>M)
often misdiagnosed as Sturge-Weber syndrome |
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Term
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Definition
ability to touch nose with tongue tip
alternately ability to touch elbow with tongue |
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Term
| Important type of Ehlers Danlos not to miss? |
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Definition
Vascular type (IV) due to risk for arterial and intestinal ruptures, as well as uterine rupture during labor
refer for cardiovascular evaluation with special attention to aortic root and possible aneurysms. |
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Term
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Definition
Classical (I and II), AD
Hypermobility (III), AD
Vascular (IV), AD
Kyphscoliosis (VI), AR
Arthrochalasia (VIIA, VIIB), AD
Dermatosparaxis (VIIC), AR
Others (V, VIII, X, XI) |
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Term
| Most common type of Ehlers Danlos syndrome? |
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Definition
Classical (types I and II)
AD, mutation in COL5A1 and COL5A2 chains in type V collagen in most patients; deficiency in tenascin X in small number |
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Term
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Definition
Vascular type (IV) EDS
AD, COL3A1 mutation results in abnormal synthesis structure and secretion of type III collagen |
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Term
| Defects in COL1A1 or COL1A2: |
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Definition
Arthrochalasia (VIIA and VIIB) type EDS
AD, defective conversion of procollagen to collagen type I |
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Term
| recessive mutations in type I collagen N-peptidase gene |
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Definition
Dermatosparaxis (VIIC) type EDS
AR
severe fragility, laxity with sagging redundancy; easy bruisability, umbilical/inguinal hernias, premature rupture of fetal membranes, normal wound healing |
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Term
| Pruritus in Sjogren Larsson may respond to what? |
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Definition
| Zileuton therapy which may reduce leukotriene B4 levels |
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Term
| Inheritance of Sturge-Weber? |
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Definition
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Term
| Defect of morphogenesis within the cephalic neural crest with subsequent abnormal vasculature in upper facial dermis/choroid/and pia-arachnoid |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the nerve distribution of Sturge-Weber? |
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Definition
V1 +- V2/V3
Unilateral>>bilateral
progressive soft tissue and skeletal hypertrophy beneath malformation |
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Term
| CNS findings in Sturge Weber? |
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Definition
cerebral atrophy
capillary/venous/arteriovenous malformations in leptomeninges
tram-track calcification in temporal and occipital cortex
seizures >70%, intellectual impairment, hemiparesis, HA |
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Term
| Eye findings in Sturge-Weber? |
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Definition
choroid malformation
glaucoma, secondary buphthalmos, visual loss |
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Term
| Important testing for Sturge-Weber? |
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Definition
MRI or CT head (with contrast)
if <6 months, PET/SPECT
EEG (if above positive) |
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Term
| Synonym for Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome? |
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Definition
| Angio-osteohypertrophy syndrome |
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Term
| Inheritance of Klippel-Trenaunay? |
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Definition
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Term
| Capillary malformation + soft tissue/bony hypertrophy + superficial venous varicosities/deep venous malformations/AV fistulas/DVT + lymphatic malformation +-lymphedema = |
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Definition
| Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome |
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Term
| Workup for Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome? |
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Definition
doppler ultrasound
MRI/MRA
venography
lymphography |
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Term
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Definition
compression
leg measurement (ortho for discrepancy)
vascular surgeon (varicosities/AV fistulas)
PDL to capillary malformation |
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Term
| Synonym for Cobb syndrome? |
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Definition
| Cutaneomeningospinal angiomatosis |
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Term
| Inheritance of Cobb syndrome (cutaneomeningospinal angiomatosis)? |
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Definition
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Term
| Posterior thoracic/lumbar/limb vascualar lesion in dermatomal distribution overlying corresponding segment of spinal cord: |
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Definition
| Cobb syndrome (cutaneomeningospinal angiomatosis) |
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Term
| CNS defects in Cobb syndrome? |
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Definition
fast-flow vascular malformation within intramedullary spinal cord with secondary compression
anoxia, pain, weakness, mm. atrophy, sensation loss below level of compression;
bladder/sphincter dysfunction;
subarachnoid hemorrhage |
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Term
| Workup for Cobb syndrome? |
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Definition
MRI/MRA
spinal angiography
tx: extirpation of lesion v. embolization by neurosurgery |
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Term
| Mutations in type V collagen? |
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Definition
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Term
| Mutations in type III collagen? |
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Definition
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Term
| Mutations in PLOD (procollagen lysyl 2-oxoglutarate 5 dioxygenase)? |
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Definition
| Kyphoscoliosis type EDS (previously type VI) |
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Term
Mutations in collagen type I?
i.e. COL1A1 (type A) or COL1A2 (type B) |
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Definition
Arthrochalasia type EDS
defective conversion of procollagen to collagen type I |
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Term
| Mutations in type I collagen N-peptidase gene? |
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Definition
Dermatosparaxis type EDS
AR |
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Term
| EDS type associated with colonic rupture (and uterine rupture)? |
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Definition
Vascular (previously type IV)
AD
mutation in COL3A1, i.e. type III collagen |
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Term
| Type of EDS with ruptured globe, retinal detachment, intraocular hemmorrhage, keratoconus, blindness? |
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Definition
Kyphoscoliosis (previously type VI)
AR
mutation in PLOD (procollagen lysyl 2oxoglutarate 5 dioxygenase) |
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Term
| EDS type with delayed ambulation? |
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Definition
Hypermobility type (previously type III)
AD
? pathogenesis/mutation
recurrent dislocations, early onset DJD
(also classical EDS possible delay in ambulation) |
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Term
hyperextensible skin; "snap back elasticity"
gaping wounds; cigarette paper scars
molluscoid pseudotumors; calcified subq nodules
varicose veins; eccyhmoses |
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Definition
EDS, classical type
AD
COL5A1 and COL5A2, i.e. type V collagen (50%)
OR
tenascin X (3% patients) |
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Term
| EDS with congenital hip dislocation? |
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Definition
Arthrochalasia
type I collagen
AD |
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Term
Blue sclerae
ruptured globe
retinal detachment
keratoconus |
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Definition
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Term
atrophic reticulated vascular patch
MR
glaucoma
PDA/arterial stenosis |
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Definition
Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita
sporadic inheritance |
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Term
superficial/deep venous malformations (predominantley hands/feet)
enchondromas
short stature
chondrosarcoma (15%-20%) |
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Definition
Maffucci Syndrome
sporadic, about 100 case reports |
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Term
| multiple venous malformations (soft, dark blue, compressible, 0.1-5 cm nodules on trunk and extremities) |
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Definition
Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus Syndrome
also with venous malformations of small intestine and secondary hemorrhage (+anemia) |
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Term
|
Definition
endoscopy
MRI (GI)
CBC
stool guaiac |
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Term
|
Definition
excision/CO2 laser
GI screening
anemia tx (iron/tranfusions/endoscopic cautery/bowel resect)
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Term
| Consumptive coagulopathy within kaposiform hemangioendothelioma or tufted angioma= |
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Definition
| Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome |
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Term
| Large rapidly growing, tender, bruising reddish-purple soft-tissue, vascular mass with purpura + thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, DIC + CHF |
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Definition
Kasabach-Merritt Syndrome
sporadic, about 175 case reports |
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Term
| Workup for Kasabach-Merritt? |
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Definition
CBC
PT/aPTT
fibrinogen (decreased)
fibrin degradation products (increased) |
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Term
| Treatment for Kasabach-Merritt? |
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Definition
prednisone
vincristine
Interferon-alpha
Hematology: transfusions/infusions of fibrinogen or FFP +- plts)
propranolol? |
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Term
| multiple 0.2-2 cm hemangiomas at birth? |
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Definition
Diffuse Neonatal Hemangiomatosis
sporadic
a.k.a. multiple neonatal hemangiomatosis or benign neonatal hemangiomatosis |
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Term
| Systemic findings in Diffuse Neonatal Hemangiomatosis? |
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Definition
hemangiomas in any organ
hepatomegaly; obstructive jaundice; portal hypertension;
hemorrhage; thrombocytopenia; anemia; high output CHF |
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Term
| Workup for diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis? |
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Definition
skin biopsy
liver u/s
CT/MRI (head/chest/abdomen)
CBC/coag studies
stool guaiacs
urinalysis (hematuria) |
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Term
| AD mutation in fibrillin-1? |
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Definition
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Term
| Cardiovascular findings in Marfan syndrome? |
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Definition
progressive aneurysmal dilatation of ascending aorta, with secondary regurgitation
CHF, dissection and rupture
MV prolapse |
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Term
| Eye findings in Marfan syndrome? |
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Definition
upward displacement (75%) i.e. ectopia lentis
myopia |
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Term
tall stature, lower body length longer than upper body
arachnodactyly
dolichocephaly
pectus excavatum
high arched palate
loose joints
poor mm tone
kyphoscoliosis; pes planus; inguinal hernia |
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Definition
Marfan syndrome
AD
fibrillin-1 mutation |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
AR, FBLN5 (fibulin 5)
AD, elastin gene and FBLN5
X-linked recessive, ATP7A |
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Definition
Cutis laxa (generalized elastolysis)
can also be aquired |
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Term
| Pathogenesis of Cutis laxa? |
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Definition
| heterogeneous mutations in fibulin 5, elastin gene, or ATP7A gene |
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Term
| loose, redundant, pendulous skin folds with hound-dog facies, in elastic (no recoil); premature aged appearance |
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Definition
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Term
| Systemic findings in Cutix Laxa? |
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Definition
vocal cord laxity (deep resonant voice)
hypoplastic lungs (birth); emphysema
esophageal/duodenal/rectal diverticulae
bladder diverticulae
inguinal/diaphragmatic/umbilical hernia
hip dislocation
occipital horn exostoses (x-linked) |
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Term
| How to diagnose Cutis Laxa? |
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Definition
biopsy: decreased, fragmented elastic fibers visualized with Verhoeff-van Gieson stain
serum copper and ceruloplasmin levels
CXR |
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Term
| Genetic disorders with photosensitivity? |
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Definition
Bloom syndrome
Rothmund-Thompson syndrome
PIBIDS (trichothiodystrophy)
Cockayne syndrome
Hartnup disease |
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Term
| AR inheritance, mutation in RecQL3 helicase gene: |
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Definition
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Term
| AR mutation in RecQL4 helicase gene? |
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Definition
| Rothmund-Thompson syndrome (poikiloderma congenitale) |
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Term
| AR mutation in ERCC8 and ERCC6? |
|
Definition
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Term
|
Definition
Trichothiodystrophy (PIBIDS)
photosensitivity, ichthyosis, brittle hair, intellectual impairment, decreased fertility, short stature |
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Term
| patient with photodistributed erythema/telangiectasias (butterfly distribution on nose/cheeks), cheilitis, cafe au lait macules, long narrow face with prominent nose, malar hypoplasia, small mandible, short stature, high pitched voice, hypogonadism, infertility (males)? |
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Definition
Bloom syndrome
AR, RecQL3 helicase for DNA helicase
decreased IgA, IgM, +-IgG with recurrent respiratory and GI infections
20% with ALL, lymphoma, GI adenocarcinoma (most common) |
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Term
| Another name for Rothmund-Thompson? |
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Definition
Poikiloderma congenitale
AR, RecQL4 helicase |
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Term
| patient with poikiloderma on face, buttocks, extensor extremities, photosensitivity (with/without bullae), acral verrucous keratoses after puberty, alopecia of scalp/eyebrows/eyelashes, dystrophic nails (25%), short stature, small hands/feet, hypoplastic/absent thumbs, variety of skeletal abnormalities (congenitally absent radius), juvenile cataracts (50%), hypogonadism, dental dysplasia |
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Definition
Rothmund-Thompson (poikiloderma congenitale)
AR, RecQL4 helicase |
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Term
| patient with photosensitive eruption/erythema and scale in "butterfly" distribution on face (may resolve with hyperpigmentation and atrophy), subcutaneous fat loss on face with resultant sunken eyes, aged appearance, cachectic dwarf with microcephaly, thin nose, large ears (Mickey Mouse appearance), disproportionately long limbs with joint contractures, large cold hands/feet, diffuse demyelilnation of the central nervous system and peripheral nerves, MR, intracranial calicifications, sensineural deafness, salt and pepper retinal pigment, cataracts, dental caries |
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Definition
Cockayne syndrome
AR, ERCC8 and ERCC6 (impairs DNA repair in active genes) |
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Term
| cachectic dwarf (clown, i.e. big feet/hands) with cataracts; alopecia, MR, photodistributed erythema |
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Definition
Cockayne syndrome
AR, ERCC8 and ERCC6 |
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Term
| photosensitivity (50%), ichthyosis, brittle hair (scalp/eyebrows/eyelashes--with alternating light and dark bands on polarizing microscopy and trichoschisis), nail dystrophy, intellectual impairment, ataxia, cataracts, decreased fertility with hypogonadism, short stature |
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Definition
Trichothiodystrophy (PIBIDS)
AR, ERCC2
heterogeneous group of neuroectodermal disorders all sharing sulfur-deficient brittle hair |
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Term
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Definition
| urine screen for aminoaciduria (massive) and tryptophan derivatives |
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Term
| Why is Hartnup disease not seen in US? |
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Definition
high nutritional standards offset lack of absorption
in Africa you'll see kids "reeling around" |
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Term
| what should you check if you have a kid with photosensitivity and ataxia? |
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Definition
urine for aminoaciduria and tryptophan derivatives
Hartnup disease |
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Term
| Differential for Hartnup disease? |
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Definition
Bloom syndrome
Cockayne syndrome
Pellagra
Lupus erythematosus
Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) |
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Term
| Genetic disorders of connective tissue? |
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Definition
Ehlers-Danlos
Marfan syndrome
Cutis Laxa
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Buschke-Ollendorf syndrome
Focal dermal hypoplasia
Lipoid proteinosis
Progeria
Werner syndrome
Aplasia cutis congenita |
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Term
| Genetic disorders of cornification? |
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Definition
Ichthyosis vulgaris
X-linked icthyosis (steroid sulfatase deficiency)
Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (BCIE)
Lamellar ichthyosis
Congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma
Harlequin fetus
Sjogren-Larsson syndrome
Refsum syndrome (phytanic acid storage disease)
Conradi-Hunermann syndrome (XD chondrodysplasia punctata)
CHILD syndrome
Netherton syndrome (ichthyosis linearis circumflexa)
Erythrokeratoderma Variabilis (Mendes da Costa)
KID syndrome
Diffuse PPK (Vorner and Unna-Thost)
Howel-Evans Syndrome
Vohwinkel syndrome (PPK mutilans)
Mal de Maleda (keratoderma palmoplantaris trangrediens)
Papillon-Lefevre (PPK with periodontosis)
Richner-Hanhart (tyrosinemia)
Darier disease (keratosis follicularis)
Epidermal nevus syndrome (ichthyosis histrix/ILVEN)
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Term
| Another name for erythroderma variabilis? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Another name for epidermolytic hyperkeratosis? |
|
Definition
| Bullous congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma |
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|
Term
| Another name for Mendes da Costa syndrome? |
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Definition
| Erythrokeratoderma variabilis |
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Term
|
Definition
| Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK) |
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Term
| Genetic disorders of pigmentation? |
|
Definition
Oculocutaneous albinism type I (OCA1)
Oculocutaneous albinism type II (OCA2)
Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
Chediak-Higashi syndrome
Griscelli syndrome
Piebaldism
Waardenburg syndrome
Hypomelanosis of Ito
Incontinentia pigmenti
LEOPARD syndrome
Carney Complex
McCune-Albright syndrome
Neurofibromatosis I
Neurofibromatosis II
Tuberous sclerosis |
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Term
| Genetic disorders of vascularization? |
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Definition
Sturge-Weber
Klippel-Trenaunay
Cobb syndrome
Proteus syndrome
Beckwith-Wiedemann
Von Hippel-Lindau
Ataxia telangiectasia
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu)
Cutis Marmorata Telangiectatica Congenita
Maffucci syndrome
Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus syndrome
Kasabach-Merritt
Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis
PHACE syndrome |
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Term
| Genetic disorders with malignant potential? |
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Definition
Basal cell nevus syndrome (Gorlin syndrome)
Xeroderma pigmentosum
Muir-Torre
Dyskeratosis congenita
Gardner syndrome
Peutz-Jeghers
Cowden syndrome
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type IIB
Birt-Hogg-Dube |
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Term
| Genetic disorders with immunodeficiency? |
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Definition
Wiskott-Aldrich
Chronic granulomatous disease
Hyper-IgE
Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Hereditary angioedema |
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Term
| Genetic disorders of hair and nails? |
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Definition
Menkes
Bjornstad
Argininosuccinic aciduria
Monilethrix
Uncombable hair syndrome
hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
EEC syndrome
AEC syndrome
Pachyonychia congenita
Nail-patella syndrome |
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Term
| Genetic disorders of metabolism? |
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Definition
Alkaptonuria (ochronosis)
Fabry disease (angiokeratoma corporis diffusum)
Gaucher disease
Niemann-Pick
Mucopolysaccharidoses = (Hurler/Hunter/Sheie/Sanfilippo/Morquio/Maroteaux-Lamy)
Multiple carboxylase deficiency (biotinidasse deficiency)
phenylketonuria
Wilson's disease (hepatolenticular degeneration)
Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Hemochromatosis
Homocystinuria
Hyperlipoproteinemias (types I-V) |
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Term
| Genetic disorders with chromosome abnormalities? |
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Definition
Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
Turner (gonadal dysgenesis)
Noonan
Klinefelter |
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Term
| Genetic disorders with short stature? |
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Definition
Cornelia de Lange
Rubinstein-Taybi
Russel-Silver
Familial dysautonomia (Riley-Day)
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Term
| Genetic diseases with defects in structural proteins of cornified cell envelope? |
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Definition
Ichthyosis vulgaris
progressive symmetric erythrokeratoderma
Vohwinkel (loricrin variant) |
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Term
| Genetic diseases with lipid metabolism defects? |
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Definition
various ichthyoses (CHILD/Conradi-Hunermann-Happle/ neutral lipid storage disease, CIE, Refsum, rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, Sjogren-Larsson, X-linked ichtyosis)
hyperlipidemias
Farber lipogranulomatosis
Gaucher disease (type 2)
hyper IgD with periodic fever
Mari-type hypotrichosis
Neimann-Pick |
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Term
| Genetic diseases with transglutaminase defects? |
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Definition
lamellar ichthyosis
CIE
acral peeling skin syndrome
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Term
| Mutation in ABCC6 transmembrane transporter gene (encoding MRP)? |
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Definition
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum (PXE)
AR and AD (less common), ABCC6 |
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Term
| yellow papules coalescing to plaques overlying redundant soft lax skin folds sides of neck/axillae/antecubital fossae/abdomen/groin/thighs? |
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Definition
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Term
yellow papules on labial mucosa/soft palate/rectal and vaginal mucosa
angiod streaks(i.e. rupture in Bruch's membrane)
gastric artery hemmorhage with epistaxis
increase 1st trimester miscarriage |
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Definition
PXE
AR (sometimes AD), ABCC6
blindness is a serious concern (although total blindess is rare)
MI and GI hemmorhages are major life threateners |
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Term
heterogeneous mutations in genes encoding type I collagen
easy bruising/decreased skin elasticity
hearing loss (otosclerosis)
dentinogenesis imperfecta
MVP |
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Definition
Osteogenesis Imperfecta
AD (some II and III are AR)
also w/ blue sclerae, fractures, crippling bone deformities, bowing, kypophoscoliosis, joint laxity |
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Term
| Inheritance of Buschke-Ollendorff Syndrome? |
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Definition
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Term
skin colored to yellow dermal papules w/wo coalesced plaques often with symmetric distribution on trunk/buttock/arms
Osteopoikilosis (1- 10 mm welll circumscribed round to oval opacities within carpal, tarsal bones, long bones (asymptomatic xray finding) |
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Definition
Buschke-Ollendorff Syndrome
dermatosfibrosis lenticularis disseminata |
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Term
| Another name for Focal Dermal Hypoplasia? |
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Definition
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Term
| Inheritance of Goltz syndrome (focal dermal hypoplasia)? |
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Definition
| X-linked dominant (90% female) |
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Term
| asymmetric atrophic/hyperpigmented or hypopigmented/telangiectatic linear streaks in Blaschko's lines on trunk/extremities; soft red-yellow nodules (fat herniations) in Blaschko's lines; ulcers at sites of congenital absence of skin that heal with atrophy; papillomas of lips/perineum/axilla/periumbilial area |
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Definition
| Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome) |
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Term
| Systemic findings in Goltz syndrome (focal dermal hypoplasia)? |
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Definition
Hair: sparse/brittle/patchy alopecia
Nails: absent or dystrophic
Eyes: coloboma/strabismus/microphthalmia
MS: syndactyly/polydactyly/oligodactyly (w/lobsterclaw) asymmetric trunk/limbs, osteopathia striata
Oral: hypodontia, oligodontia, small teeth
Craniofacial: small, rounded asymmetric face, notched nasal alae, mandibular prognathism
CNS: MR (mild) |
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Term
| Disease with osteopathia striata? |
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Definition
| Goltz syndrome (focal dermal hypoplasia) |
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Term
| Synonym for Lipoid proteinosis |
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Definition
Urbach-Wiethe disease
hyalinosis cutis et mucosae |
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Term
| Synonym for Urbach-Wiethe disease |
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Definition
lipoid proteinosis
hyalinosis cutis et mucosae |
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Definition
Lipoid proteinosis (Urbach-Wieth disease)
AR |
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Term
bullae with residual atrophic scarring face/extremities/neck
yellow papules/nodules on face/neck with "string of pearls"
verrucous nodules on elbows/knees/hands |
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Definition
Lipoid proteinosis (Urbach-Wiethe disease)
hyalinosis cutis et mucosae |
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Term
| Non cutaneous findings in Urbach-Wieth disease? |
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Definition
patchy alopecia (scalp/beard/eyelashes)
infiltrative yellow papules and plaques on pharynx/lips/soft palate
hoarse cry (vocal cord infiltration)
large wooden tongue
temporal/hippocampal calcification +/- seizures |
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Definition
| Hutchinson Gilford syndrome |
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Term
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Definition
| Progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford) |
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thin atrophic shiny skin with wrinkles; prominent scalp and thigh veins, loss of sq fat, mottled hyperpigmentation, sclerodermoid changes on lower grunk and thigh
large cranium relative to face |
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Definition
| Progeria (Hutchinson-Gilford) |
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Term
| Non cutaneous findings in Hutchinson Gilford syndrome? |
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Definition
large cranium; frontal bossing; thin beaked nose; small ears without lobules; micrognathia; prominent eyes
failure to thrive, short stature, osteoporosis
premature severe atherosclerosis with angina; high pitched squeaky voice; CVA, CHF, MI; abnormal or delayed eruption of permanent teeth;
severe psychosocial issues related to appearance/self image |
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Term
| Inheritance of Werner syndrome? |
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Definition
AR, RECQL2 gene
(RecQL3 for Bloom syndrome; RecQL4 for Rothmund Thompson syndrome) |
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Term
| sclerodermoid changes (increased acrally and facially with atrophy); mottle hyperpigmentation, telangiectasias, soft tissue calcifications, leg ulcerations; circumscribed hyperkeratoses over bony prominences with ulceration; generalized loss of subcutaneous fat; canities progressive premature hair loss |
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Definition
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| Non-cutaneous findings in Werner syndrome? |
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Definition
bird like facies with beaked pinched nose, taut circumoral skin, inelastic ears
short stature (growth arrest at pube), mm wasting, thin spindly extremities, pes planus, osteoporosis/OA
posterior subcapsular cataracts
high pitched, hoarse voice
premature atherosclerosis c/ angina; MI
DM, hypogonadism
(10%) fibrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, cutaneous carcinoma, meningioma, adenocarcinoma |
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Term
| mimic of accelerated chronological aging? |
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Definition
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Term
| Cause of Werner syndrome? |
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Definition
mutation in RecQL2 (or WRN gene)
encoding a DNA helicase enzyme, leading to increased frequency of recombination with a predisposition toward accelerated aging and cancer |
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Term
| Associations of Aplasia cutis congenita? |
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Definition
limb abnormalities
epidermal nevi
embryologic malformations
fetus papyraceus/placental infarcts
epidermolysis bullosa
teratogens (methimazole)/intrauterine infection (varicella/HSV)
malformation syndromes (Down, Goltz, aminotic band, Opitz, Adams-Oliver) |
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Term
| hair collar sign may indicate what? |
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Definition
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| Lipoid proteinosis presents with: |
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Definition
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Term
| KID is associated with what type of deafness? |
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Definition
| progressive sensorineural |
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Term
| JEB Herlitz type caused by a defect in? |
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Definition
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Definition
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| Howell Evans typically presents at what age? |
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Definition
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| Harlequin fetus is at risk for: |
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Definition
infection
hyperthermia
hypoventilation |
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Term
| Gene defect causing Goltz (a.k.a. Focal dermal hypoplasia) |
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Definition
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Term
| Defect in Dowling Meara EBS? |
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Definition
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| Dyskeratosis congenita associated with: |
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Definition
bone marrow failure at median age of 10
increased cancer risk
pterygium
continuous lacrimation
premalignant leukoplakia |
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| Most common cause of early death in CHILD: |
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Definition
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disease associated with:
infection with catalase + organisms
serratia osteomyelitis
shortened life span (even with prophylactic abx)
XLR inheritance |
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Definition
| Chronic granulomatous disease |
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BMT
patients are immunodeficient and pancytopenic |
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Term
| Diseases with angioid streaks? |
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Definition
PXE
EDS
Cowden's
idiopathic (50%) |
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Term
| Diseases with ankyloblepharon? |
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Definition
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| Disease with astrocytic hamartomas (retinal hamartoma/phakoma) in the eye? |
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Definition
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Term
| Disease with atypical retinitis pigmentosa (glistening dots)? |
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Definition
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Term
| Which disease do you see Bitot's spots? |
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Definition
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| Diseases with blue sclera (6)? |
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Definition
Down syndrome
Osteogenesis imperfecta
EDS
PXE
Marfan's
Alkaptonuria |
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Term
| Disease with calabar swelling? |
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Definition
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Term
| Monoclonal gammopathy associated with EED? |
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Definition
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Term
| Monoclonal gammopathy associated with scleromyxedema? |
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Definition
| IgG lambda (only one with lambda except LCV sometimes) |
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Term
| Which medications can cause and ANCA+ vasculitis? |
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Definition
minocycline
PTU
hydralazine |
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