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Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
MIM.312870 Xq26
Tuesday 10 February 2004
Digital cases
Case 124 : Liver in Simpson-Golabi-Behmel syndrome
Types
type 1 SGBS1 / X-linked recessive SGBS1 (MIM.312870 / GPC3)
type 2 SGBS2 / X-linked recessive SGBS2 (MIM.300209 / CXORF5)
Synopsis
systemic anomalies
- macrosomy, gigantism, overgrowth syndrome
- hydrops fetalis (8599356)
craniofacial anomalies
- macrocephaly
- coarse facies
- ears anomalies: accessory tragus (preauricular pits, preauricular tags)
- eyes anomalies: downslanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, epicanthal folds
- nose anomalies: broad flat nasal bridge, short nose, upturned nose
- mouth anomalies: macrostomia, macroglossia, midline groove of lower lip, broad secondary alveolar ridge, submucous cleft lip, cleft palate
- dental malocclusion
cardiovascular anomalies
- cardiac conduction defects
- ventricular septal defect
- pulmonic stenosis
- transposition of great vessels
- patent ductus arteriosus
- cardiomyopathy
thoracic anomalies
- lung segmentation defects
- cervical ribs
- pectus excavatum
- 13 pairs of thoracic ribs
- supernumerary nipples
- diaphragmatic hernia
abdominal anomalies
- umbilical hernia
- diastasis recti
- visceromegaly
-* hyperplastic islets of Langerhans - polysplenia
- splenomegaly
- intestinal malrotation
- Meckel diverticulum
- inguinal hernia
hepatic anomalies
- hepatomegaly
- hepatic vascular malformation (17497720)
- hepatoblastoma (16166055)
- hepatocellular carcinoma (9507397)
genital anomalies (19842194)
- cryptorchidism
- chordee of the penis (19842194)
- hypospadius (19842194)
- penoscrotal transposition (19842194)
urogenital anomalies
- nephromegaly
- renal cysts
- duplication of renal pelvis
- hypospadias
skeletal anomalies
- advanced bone age
- vertebral segmentation defects
- fusion of C2-C3 posterior elements
- six lumbar vertebrae
- sacral defects
- coccygeal defects
- scoliosis
limb anomalies
- flared iliac wing
- narrow sacroiliac notches in infancy
- short broad hands
- postaxial polydactyly
- syndactyly 2nd-3rd fingers
- broad thumbs
- distal phalangeal hypoplasia
- two carpal ossification centers present at birth
- short broad feet
- syndactyly 2nd-3rd toes
- broad toes
- clubfoot
- coccygeal skin tags
- fingernail hypoplasia
cerebral anomalies
- agenesis of corpus callosum
- cerebellar vermis hypoplasia
- hydrocephalus
- hypotonia
predisposition to tumors
- embryonal tumors
- Wilms tumor
- diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis (11967762)
- hepatic vascular malformation (17497720)
- hepatoblastoma (16166055)
- hepatocellular carcinoma (9507397)
Etiology
Locus SGBS1 at Xq26 (MIM.312870): mutation in the gene for glypican-3 (GPC3) (MIM.300037)
Locus SGBS2 at Xp22 (MIM.300209)
See also
macrosomy
gigantism
overgrowth syndromes
