Conditions / Syndrome

focal dermal hypoplasia

info ยท Syndrome

A syndrome characterized at birth by streaks of very thin skin (dermal hypoplasia), cutis aplasia, and telangiectases, and has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the PORCN gene on chromosome Xp11.23.

Signs and symptoms

  • 3-4 finger cutaneous syndactyly
  • Hypopigmentation of the skin
  • Split hand
  • Ridged nail
  • Short 4th metacarpal
  • Focal dermal aplasia/hypoplasia
  • Pointed chin
  • Congenital hip dislocation
  • Toe syndactyly
  • Delayed eruption of teeth

Also known as: FDH; FODH; Goltz syndrome; Goltz-Gorlin syndrome