Genetic Flashcards
Trident shaped hands + short stature
Achondroplasia
Rocker Bottom Feet Micrognathia Overlapped Flexed Fingers Microcephaly Prominent Occiput
Edward Syndrome
Trisomy 18 (Edward can vote in ELECTIONS at age 18)
Micrognathia, cleft palate, glossoptosis
Pierre-Robin sequence
Hypogonadism + micropenis + gynaecomastia in later life + tall stature
Klinefeter’s Syndrome
XXY
Short stature + widely spaced nipples + ovarian dysgenesis + webbed neck
Turner syndrome
XO
Pulmonary stenosis + butterfly vertebrae + biliary atresia, few bile ducts + Tetralogy of Fallot + broad prominent vertebrae
Alagille syndrome
Pulmonary stenosis + webbed neck + low set ears with helices + affects both sexes + short stature + high hairline at front
Noonan’s syndrome
aka Turner’s Syndrome of the male
Large intestines + macroglossia + exomphalos (weak abdominal walls) + neonatal hypoglycaemia, + gigantism + childhood cancers (Wilms Tumour , hepatoblastoma)
Beckwith Widemann Syndrome
Almond shaped palpebral fissures + weak suck in infancy followed by lifelong hyperphagia + hypogonadism + short stature + intellectual disability
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Long face, out-turned ears, macroorchidism, Tall stature
Fragile X Syndrome
Laughing paroxysms + uplifted flexed arms on walking
Angelman Syndrome
Elfin facies + transient neonatal hypercalcaemia + supravalvular aortic stenosis + Pulmonary artery stenosis + intellectual disability + fond of talking/ music
William Syndrome
Cat like cry
Cri du chat syndrome
CATCH 22 Cardiac abnormalities (TOF, Truncus arteriosas) Abnormal facies (bulbous nose tip, prominent ears) Thymic aplasia Cleft palate Hypoglycaemia Hypoparathyroidism 22q 11 chromosome deletion
Di George Syndrome
Absent red reflex on newborn exam
Retinoblastoma
due to letukochoria