Intellectual disability - athetosis - microphthalmia

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Other Names:

Bd syndrome; Intellectual disability-athetosis-microphthalmia syndrome; Severe microbrachycephaly-intellectual disability-athetoid cerebral palsy syndrome

Categories:

Congenital and Genetic Diseases; Nervous System Diseases

Summary Summary

The following summary is from Orphanet, a European reference portal for information on rare diseases and orphan drugs.

Orpha Number: 1236

Definition

Severe microbrachycephaly-intellectual disability-athetoid cerebral palsy syndrome is an extremely rare, multiple congenital anomalies/dysmorphic syndrome characterized by craniofacial dysmorphism, including microbrachycephaly, sloping forehead, micro/anophthalmia, large ears, prominent nasal root, mild micrognathia, and cleft palate, associated with cerebral palsy with choreoathetoid movements, intellectual disability, dextrocardia and longitudinal folding of plantae pedis. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1992.

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Last updated: 10/1/2018

Symptoms Symptoms

This table lists symptoms that people with this disease may have. For most diseases, symptoms will vary from person to person. People with the same disease may not have all the symptoms listed. This information comes from a database called the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) . The HPO collects information on symptoms that have been described in medical resources. The HPO is updated regularly. Use the HPO ID to access more in-depth information about a symptom.

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Medical Terms	Other Names	Learn More: HPO ID
80%-99% of people have these symptoms
Abnormality of movement	Movement disorder Unusual movement [ more ]	0100022
Bilateral single transverse palmar creases		0007598
Brachycephaly	Short and broad skull	0000248
Broad forehead	Increased width of the forehead Wide forehead [ more ]	0000337
Broad thumb	Broad thumbs Wide/broad thumb [ more ]	0011304
Cognitive impairment	Abnormality of cognition Cognitive abnormality Cognitive defects Cognitive deficits Intellectual impairment Mental impairment [ more ]	0100543
Dimple chin	Chin butt Chin dent Chin dimple Chin skin dimple Indentation of chin [ more ]	0010751
Facial cleft	Cleft of the face	0002006
Frontal bossing		0002007
Hypertelorism	Wide-set eyes Widely spaced eyes [ more ]	0000316
Hypertonia		0001276
Hypodontia	Failure of development of between one and six teeth	0000668
Hypoplasia of the ear cartilage	Underdeveloped ear cartilage	0100720
Large earlobe	Fleshy earlobe Fleshy earlobes Prominent ear lobes prominent ear lobules [ more ]	0009748
Microcephaly	Abnormally small skull Decreased circumference of cranium Decreased size of skull Reduced head circumference Small head circumference [ more ]	0000252
Scoliosis		0002650
Supernumerary nipple	Accessory nipple	0002558
Telecanthus	Corners of eye widely separated	0000506
30%-79% of people have these symptoms
Abnormal palate morphology	Abnormality of the palate Abnormality of the roof of the mouth [ more ]	0000174
Abnormal thorax morphology	Abnormality of the chest	0000765
Blue sclerae	Whites of eyes are a bluish-gray color	0000592
Camptodactyly of finger	Permanent flexion of the finger	0100490
Facial asymmetry	Asymmetry of face Crooked face Unsymmetrical face [ more ]	0000324
Iris coloboma	Cat eye	0000612
Lip pit		0100267
Mandibular prognathia	Big lower jaw Increased projection of lower jaw Increased size of lower jaw Large lower jaw Prominent chin Prominent lower jaw [ more ]	0000303
Microphthalmia	Abnormally small eyeball	0000568
Preauricular skin tag		0000384
Seizure		0001250
Strabismus	Cross-eyed Squint Squint eyes [ more ]	0000486
Tapered finger	Tapered fingertips Tapering fingers [ more ]	0001182

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Last updated: 1/1/2021

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Organizations Organizations

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Organizations Supporting this Disease

Cerebral Palsy Foundation
3 Columbus Circle
15th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone: 212-520-1686
E-mail: info@yourcpf.org
Website: http://yourcpf.org/
Pedal with Pete [For Research on Cerebral Palsy]
P.O. Box 1233
Worthington, OH 43085
Telephone: +1-614-527-0202
E-mail: pwp@pedal-with-pete.org
Website: http://pedal-with-pete.org/
Reaching for the Stars, Inc (RFTS, Inc)
3000 Old Alabama Road
Suite 119 – 300
Alpharetta, GA 30022
Toll-free: (855) 240-RFTS (7387)
E-mail: info@reachingforthestars.org
Website: http://reachingforthestars.org/
United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)
1825 K Street, NW
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Toll-free: 1-800-USA-5UCP (872-5827)
Telephone: +1-202-776-0406
Fax: +1-202-776-0414
E-mail: info@ucp.org
Website: https://www.ucp.org/

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