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(9) Dysmorphology Flashcards

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How many births are affected with congenital malformations?

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2-3%

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Congential malformations are more likely to be genetic if…?

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  • multiple malformations
  • dysmorphic
  • family history of similar problems
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Single malformations are often what?

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Isolated events

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What does diagnosis guide?

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  • prognosis
  • management
  • recurrence risk
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What is the old-fashioned name for 22q11.2 deletion syndrome?

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DiGeorge syndrome

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What are the symptoms of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome?

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  • learning difficulties (50%)
  • cleft palate (15%)
  • velopharyngeal insufficiency
  • congenital heart defects (75%)
  • hypocalcaemia
  • seizures
  • immune deficiency
  • renal malformation
  • thin nose without flares and narrow mouth
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How common is 22q11.2 deletion syndrome?

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Around 1 in 5,000

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How common is achondroplasia?

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Around 1 in 20,000

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What type of genetic disorder is achondroplasia?

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Autosomal dominant - often a new mutation

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The risk of achondroplasia increases with what?

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Paternal age

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What are the features of achondroplasia?

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  • rhizomelic limb shortening
  • short stature
  • foramen magnum compression/hydrocephalus
  • big head compared to body
  • arms reach waist level
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Rhizomelic dwarfism is a feature of achondroplasia. What does it mean?

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Rhizomelic dwarfism is a type of dwarfism where the dominant feature is proximal (i.e. femoral, humeral) limb shortening

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How common is Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?

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Around 1 in 10,000

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What are the features of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?

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  • large tongue
  • ear pits/creases
  • exomphalos
  • hemihypertrophy
  • neonatal hypoglycaemia
  • increased risk of Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
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Exomphalos is a feature of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. What is exomphalos?

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Weakness of the abdominal wall where the umbilical cord joins it. Allows the abdominal contents, mainly the bowel and the liver to protrude outside the abdominal cavity where they are contained in a loose sac that surrounds the umbilical cord

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Hemihypertrophy is a feature of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. What is hemihypertrophy?

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A condition in which one side of the body or a part of one side of the body is larger than the other to an extent considered greater than the normal variation

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What is the component chromosomal disorder?

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Down syndrome

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18
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How common is Down syndrome?

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Around 1 in 800 live births

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What are the features of Down syndrome?

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  • learning disabilities
  • congenital heart defects
  • hypotonia in neonates
  • single palmar crease
  • cataracts
  • hearing impairment
  • hypothyroidism
  • leukaemia
  • atlanto-axial instability
  • alzheimer’s disease
20
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Why do those with Down syndrome get Alzheimer’s in their 40s or 50s?

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The amyloid precursor protein is sat on chromosome 21, those with Down syndrome have 3 copies of it

21
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Hypotonia is a feature of Down syndrome in neonates. What is hypotonia?

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Hypotonia, also known as floppy baby syndrome, is a state of low muscle tone often involving reduced muscle strength

22
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Atlantoaxial instability is a feature of Down syndrome. What is it?

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Excessive movement at the junction between the atlas (C1) and axis (C2) as a result of either a bony or ligamentous abnormality. Neurologic symptoms can occur when the spinal cord or adjacent nerve roots are involved

23
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What affects the recurrence risk of Down syndrome?

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Whether the 3 copies of chromosome 21 are individual or stuck to one another

24
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In Down syndrome, if the extra copy of chromosome 21 is stuck to another, what does this mean in terms of recurrence risk?

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Significant recurrence risk

Likely that one of the parents has a balanced translocation

If the 2 stuck together came from parent = 100% recurrence risk

25
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What is single palmar crease indicative of?

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Down syndrome

Other chromosomal disorders

Other syndromes

26
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How common is single palmar crease in the normal population?

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4% unilateral

1% bilateral

27
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How common is Kabuki syndrome?

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1 in 30,000

28
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What are features of Kabuki syndrome?

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  • learning difficulties
  • congenital heart disease (50%)
  • poor growth
  • hearing impairment
  • cleft palate
  • premature breast development
  • persistent foetal finger pads (96%)
29
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What is mosaicism?

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Hypo- and hyper-pigmented patches (some abnormally pale skin patches and some abnormally dark)

30
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In which pattern may mosaicism develop?

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May follow Blaschko’s lines

31
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What does diagnosis of mosaicism often require?

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Skin biopsy

32
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How common is Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?

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33
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What are the 3 main associations with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?

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  • gastrointestinal polyps
  • malignancies
  • hyperpigmented macules on the lips and oral mucosa
34
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Gastrointestinal polyps is a feature of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome. What does it cause?

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  • bleeding

- obstruction

35
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What type of malignancies are associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome?

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  • colorectal
  • gastric
  • pancreatic
  • breast
  • ovarian
36
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How common is Treacher-Collins syndrome?

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Around 1 in 50,000

37
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What type of genetic disorder is Treacher-Collins syndrome?

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Autosomal dominant

Very variable

38
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What are the main features of Treacher-Collins syndrome?

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  • cleft palate
  • hearing impairment
  • cheekbones not properly formed
39
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How common is Waardenburg syndrome?

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Around 1 in 250,000

40
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What are the features of Waardenburg syndrome?

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  • sensorineural hearing impairment (may be progressive)
  • iris heterochromia
  • premature greying
  • white forelock
  • areas of skin hypo pigmentation
  • congential malformations (Hirschprungs/VSD)
41
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What is iris heterochromia (a feature of Waardenburg syndrome)?

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One iris a different colour from the other

42
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What is William’s syndrome?

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7q11 deletion

43
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How common is William’s syndrome?

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Around 1 in 20,000

44
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What are the features of William’s syndrome?

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  • learning difficulties
  • ‘cocktail party’ speech
  • congenital heart disease
  • hypercalcaemia
  • struggle with spatial awareness
  • prone to very blue eyes
45
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Almost all of those with William’s syndrome have congenital heart defects. Which congenital heart defects are present?

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  • supravalvular aortic stenosis

- peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis

46
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What is ‘cocktail party’ speech? (a feature of William’s syndrome)

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Well-developed articulation, intonation, and stress patterns that is used for social interactions but has weak conceptual meaning

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