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Legius syndrome

info ยท Syndrome

A RASopathy characterized by multiple cafe-au-lait macules and possible skin fold freckling without neurofibromas, optic gliomas, or Lisch nodules that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the SPRED1 gene on chromosome 15q14.

Signs and symptoms

  • Cafe-au-lait spot
  • Axillary freckling
  • Epicanthus
  • Hypotonia
  • Low posterior hairline
  • Hypertelorism
  • Specific learning disability
  • High palate
  • Posteriorly rotated ears
  • Downslanted palpebral fissures

Also known as: LGSS; NF1-like syndrome; neurofibromatosis type 1-like syndrome