Preferred Label : Faciodigitogenital syndrome, autosomal recessive;
Type : Phenotype or locus, molecular basis unknown;
Alternative titles and symbols : Kuwait-type faciodigitogenital syndrome; Aarskog-like syndrome;
Description : The Aarskog faciodigitogenital syndrome (305400) is X-linked in most instances; however,
sex-influenced autosomal dominant inheritance is possible in some (100050). Teebi
et al. (1988) described an Arabic family with normal consanguineous parents and 5
children (3 males and 2 females) with some features of Aarskog syndrome in addition
to unusual hair changes. The hair was coarse, dry, and relatively hypopigmented with
widow's peak trait (194000). The hands were small and broad with mild interdigital
webbing, fifth finger clinodactyly, and hyperextensible joints. The feet were small
with metatarsus varus and stubby toes. Hypertelorism and, in the males, shawllike
scrotum completed the similarities to Aarskog syndrome. In the same Kuwaiti Bedouin
tribe from which the first family came, Teebi and Al Awadi (1991) observed another
sibship with 2 affected males who were double first cousins to the first reported
cases. Moreover, they observed 3 other distantly related sibships with 9 affected
members who all could be traced to a common ancestor. The consistent features were
a triangular or elongated face, telecanthus or mild hypertelorism, wide palpebral
fissures without ptosis, short stubby nose with anteverted nostrils, high arched and
narrow palate, long, deep philtrum, wide mouth with protruding lower lip, posteriorly
rotated ears with minor ear anomalies, long neck with sloping shoulders, small, broad
hands with mild interdigital webbing and fifth finger clinodactyly, hyperextensible
hand joints, and shawl scrotum. Short stature was confirmed in 10 cases, while the
heights of the other 6 were between the 10th and 25th percentile for age. None of
the 16 cases showed physical disability or mental retardation. *FIELD* RF 1. Teebi,
A. S.; Al Awadi, S. A.: Kuwait type faciodigitogenital syndrome. (Letter) J. Med.
Genet. 28: 805, 1991. 2. Teebi, A. S.; Naguib, K. K.; Al-Awadi, S. A.; Al-Saleh, Q.
A.: New autosomal recessive faciodigitogenital syndrome. J. Med. Genet. 25: 400-406,
1988. *FIELD* CS Autosomal recessive;
Inheritance : Autosomal recessive;
Prefixed ID : %227330;
Origin ID : 227330;
UMLS CUI : C1856871;
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