Macrocephaly, multiple lipomas, and hemangiomata (Bannayan-Zonana syndrome): genetic heterogeneity or autosomal dominant locus with at least two different allelic forms?

Am J Med Genet. 1989 Dec;34(4):548-51. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320340419.

Abstract

We describe a boy with mild manifestations of the Bannayan-Zonana syndrome (BZS): large scaphocephalic head with marked frontal bossing, hypertrophy on the right side of the body, large and irregular café-au-lait spots, and cutaneous telangiectasia on large parts of the body and a cavernous hemangioma on the internal side of the left leg; soft cutaneous masses were present in the left axilla and inner part of the left arm; hypotonia and mild neurologic dysfunction were also present. BZS is reported as an autosomal dominant condition with variable expressivity; analysis of our data and those reported in the literature suggest that the interfamilial variability observed might represent different allelic mutations, or genetic heterogeneity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alleles
  • Genes, Dominant*
  • Head / abnormalities*
  • Hemangioma / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Lipoma / genetics*
  • Male
  • Phenotype
  • Syndrome