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Ellyze Van Asbeck1, David F G J Wolthuis, Miski Mohamed
1Department of Pediatrics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands; Hayward Genetics Center and Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University Medical School, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Abstract:
Cutis laxa (CL) is a connective tissue disorder, characterized by loose, inelastic, sagging skin. Both acquired and inherited (dominant, recessive, and X-linked) forms exist. Here, we describe a new phenotype, which overlaps with other known CL syndromes. Our patient has a unique combination of features in association with sagging, inelastic, wrinkled skin, including cataract, severe cardiomyopathy, abnormal fat distribution, improvement of skin-wrinkling with age, and white matter abnormalities but no significant histologic collagen or elastin abnormalities. Mutation analysis of known CL genes was negative. We suggest that our patient has a novel syndrome, with the main features of CL, intellectual disability, abnormal fat distribution, cardiomyopathy, and cataract.
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