Additional case of Tsukahara's syndrome or new syndrome: further delineation of the association of microcephaly and radio-ulnar synostosis

Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Jan 15;132A(2):189-90. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30415.

Abstract

In 1994, Giuffré et al. reported two unrelated families in which some of the members had microcephaly and radio-ulnar synostosis, suggesting a new condition. Since this first report, Tsukahara et al. and Udler et al. described two distinct patients with a different condition characterized by radio-ulnar synostosis, short stature, microcephaly, scoliosis, and mental retardation. Here we report on a new case of microcephaly and radio-ulnar synostosis and discuss the possible relationship between Tsukahara's syndrome and the phenotype described by Giuffré et al.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Intellectual Disability / pathology
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Microcephaly / pathology*
  • Radius / abnormalities*
  • Scoliosis / pathology
  • Syndrome
  • Synostosis / pathology*
  • Ulna / abnormalities*