Conditions / Musculoskeletal

Hajdu-Cheney syndrome

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A bone disease characterized by short stature, coarse and dysmorphic facies, bowing of the long bones, and vertebral anomalies that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the NOTCH2 gene on chromosome 1p12.

Signs and symptoms

  • Narrow mouth
  • Hypertelorism
  • Thick eyebrow
  • Conductive hearing impairment
  • Low-set ears
  • Long philtrum
  • Malar flattening
  • Wormian bones
  • Foot acroosteolysis
  • Osteoporosis

Also known as: Cheney syndrome; HJCYS; SFPKS; acroosteolysis with osteoporosis and changes in skull and mandible; arthrodentoosteodysplasia