Hereditary ectodermal dysplasia, olivopontocerebellar degeneration, short stature, and hypogonadism

J Med Genet. 1981 Oct;18(5):335-9. doi: 10.1136/jmg.18.5.335.

Abstract

Two teenaged children born of normal parents in a consanguineous family had evidence of abnormal neurological, endocrine, and ectodermal development. They had mental retardation, hearing loss, ocular dysmetria, hyperreflexia, and ataxia consistent with olivopontocerebellar degeneration. They had hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism and extremely short stature despite normal serum growth hormone and somatomedin-C. There was also hypodontia with peg shaped teeth and mid-face hypoplasia. This syndrome of hypoplasia of mid-lind structures appeared to be inherited as an autosomal recessive trait.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cerebellar Ataxia / genetics*
  • Consanguinity
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / genetics*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypogonadism / genetics*
  • Intellectual Disability / genetics*
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Syndrome