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Case #11247 - Tetraphocomelia and renal agenesis

Thursday 23 March 2006

Synopsis

 femal fetus, 20 weeks, 181g
 46, XX
 severe oligohydramnios
 intra-uterine growth retardation (IUGR)
 medial posterior cleft palate medial posterior
 short neck
 hypertelorism

 facial dysmorphism

  • microtia/anotia
  • severe micrognathia (severe mandibular hypoplasia)
  • long philtrum
  • severe hypoplasia of nasal bones
  • flat nose
  • choanal atresia

 narrow thorax

  • ten gracile ribs

 phocomelia (tetraphocomelia)

  • four very short limbs

 upper limb anomalies

  • bilateral short humerus (bilateral humeral hypoplasia)
  • right radial agenesis
  • right cubital agenesis
  • bilateral oligodactyly
  • right 4th-5th finger syndactyly
  • right 2th-3th finger syndactyly
  • left radial agenesis
  • left cubital hypoplasia
  • bilateral club hand
  • upper limb post-axial hexadactyly
  • thumb anomalous implantation
  • bilateral thumb hypoplasia
  • bilateral incomplete thumb

 lower limb anomalies

  • bilateral very short lower limbs
  • bilateral femoral hypoplasia
  • bilateral fibular aplasia
  • bilateral tibial aplasia
  • bilateral anomalous feet position
  • bilateral lower limb pre-axial hexadactyly
  • foot 2th-3th digits syndactyly
  • quadriplication hallux

 renal agenesis

 vertebral malformations

  • sacral agenesis
  • pelvic agenesis

Diagnostic hypothesis

 Roberts syndrome
 Otopalatodigital syndrome type 2 (MIM.304120)

Candidate genes

 ?

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