Conditions / Syndrome

craniofacial-deafness-hand syndrome

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A syndrome characterized by a flat facial profile, hypertelorism, a hypoplastic nose with slitlike nares, and sensorineural hearing loss that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the PAX3 gene on chromosome 2q36.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Downslanted palpebral fissures
  • Sensorineural hearing impairment
  • Telecanthus
  • Short nose
  • Ulnar deviation of the hand
  • Malar flattening
  • Hypertelorism
  • Hypoplasia of the maxilla
  • Narrow naris
  • Flat face

Also known as: CDHS; Sommer-Young-Wee-Frye syndrome