Polydactyly -myopia syndrome | |
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Other names | Czeizel-Brooser syndrome |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
Symptoms | Polydactyly with progressive myopia |
Complications | Vision impairment |
Prevention | none |
Prognosis | Medium |
Frequency | very rare, only 9 cases have been reported in medical literature |
Deaths | - |
Polydactyly-myopia syndrome, also known as Czeizel-Brooser syndrome, is a very rare genetic disorder which is characterized by post-axial polydactyly on all 4 limbs and progressive myopia.[1] Additional symptoms include bilateral congenital inguinal hernia and undescended testes.[2] It has only been described in nine members of a 4-generation Hungarian family in the year 1986.[3][4][5][6] This disorder is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.[7][8]