Acrocallosal syndrome in an Algerian boy born to consanguineous parents: review of the literature and further delineation of the syndrome

Am J Med Genet. 1997 Mar 3;69(1):17-22. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19970303)69:1<17::aid-ajmg4>3.0.co;2-q.

Abstract

We present a 17-month-old boy with the acrocallosal syndrome. He was born to consanguineous parents. Abnormal findings included agenesis of the corpus callosum, a ventricular septal defect (VSD), postaxial polydactyly of fingers, cleft soft palate, intestinal malrotation, large anterior fontanelle, prominent forehead, hypertelorism, epicanthic folds, short nose and mandible and preauricular skin tags, mixed hearing loss, laryngomalacia, and growth and severe motor and mental retardation. A review of previous reports on the acrocallosal syndrome shows considerable clinical variability; minimal diagnostic criteria are proposed. A developmental field defect with disturbance of midline development is suggested.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / physiopathology*
  • Algeria
  • Cleft Palate
  • Consanguinity
  • Corpus Callosum / physiopathology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Polydactyly
  • Syndrome