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Barber-Say syndrome

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A syndrome characterized by d by the association of excessive hair growth (hypertrichosis), papery thin and fragile (atrophic) skin, outward turned eyelids (ectropion) and a large mouth (macrostomia). It is that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in t

A syndrome characterized by d by the association of excessive hair growth (hypertrichosis), papery thin and fragile (atrophic) skin, outward turned eyelids (ectropion) and a large mouth (macrostomia). It is that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the TWIST2 gene on chromosome 2q37.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypertrichosis
  • Bulbous nose
  • Wide mouth
  • Ectropion
  • Hypoplastic nipples
  • Microtia, first degree
  • Redundant skin
  • Wide nose
  • Dermal atrophy
  • Stenosis of the external auditory canal