The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) provides the following list of features that have been reported in people with this condition. Much of the information in the HPO comes from Orphanet, a European rare disease database. If available, the list includes a rough estimate of how common a feature is (its frequency). Frequencies are based on a specific study and may not be representative of all studies. You can use the MedlinePlus Medical Dictionary for definitions of the terms below.
| Signs and Symptoms | Approximate number of patients (when available) |
| Accelerated skeletal maturation | 90% |
| Cognitive impairment | 90% |
| Depressed nasal ridge | 90% |
| Frontal bossing | 90% |
| High forehead | 90% |
| Hypertelorism | 90% |
| Macrocephaly | 90% |
| Macrotia | 90% |
| Mandibular prognathia | 90% |
| Tall stature | 90% |
| Advanced eruption of teeth | 50% |
| Anteverted nares | 50% |
| Conductive hearing impairment | 50% |
| Dolichocephaly | 50% |
| Hypoglycemia | 50% |
| Obesity | 50% |
| Precocious puberty | 50% |
| Abnormality of the fingernails | 7.5% |
| Abnormality of the hip bone | 7.5% |
| Abnormality of the ureter | 7.5% |
| Behavioral abnormality | 7.5% |
| Coarse facial features | 7.5% |
| Craniosynostosis | 7.5% |
| Cryptorchidism | 7.5% |
| Displacement of the external urethral meatus | 7.5% |
| EEG abnormality | 7.5% |
| Genu valgum | 7.5% |
| Genu varum | 7.5% |
| Hyperreflexia | 7.5% |
| Neoplasm of the nervous system | 7.5% |
| Patent ductus arteriosus | 7.5% |
| Polycystic kidney dysplasia | 7.5% |
| Presacral teratoma | 7.5% |
| Scoliosis | 7.5% |
| Seizures | 7.5% |
| Strabismus | 7.5% |
| Abnormal glucose tolerance | - |
| Atria septal defect | - |
| Autosomal dominant inheritance | - |
| Cavum septum pellucidum | - |
| Enlarged cisterna magna | - |
| Expressive language delay | - |
| High anterior hairline | - |
| High palate | - |
| Hypermetropia | - |
| Intellectual disability | - |
| Joint laxity | - |
| Large hands | - |
| Long foot | - |
| Narrow palate | - |
| Neonatal hypotonia | - |
| Nephroblastoma | - |
| Nystagmus | - |
| Otitis media | - |
| Partial agenesis of the corpus callosum | - |
| Pes planus | - |
| Pointed chin | - |
| Poor coordination | - |
| Small nail | - |
| Sporadic | - |
| Ventricular septal defect | - |
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If my brother has the syndrome and there is no family history of any mental disabilities, is there a reason for me to get tested? Also, it confuses me as the mode of inheritance is said to be autosomal dominant. Is the implication that Sotos patients are having children? If there are other higher functioning people, I would understand. If it is truly autosomal dominant, by not having it, I would assume that I would not need to be tested. If I do not have it, it must mean that I am homozygous recessive? See answer
