Conditions / Syndrome

multicentric carpotarsal osteolysis syndrome

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A syndrome characterized by progressive loss of bone, typically involving the carpal and tarsal bones, and in many cases chronic renal failure that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the MAFB gene on chromosome 20q12.

Signs and symptoms

  • Carpal osteolysis
  • Inability to walk
  • Wrist pain
  • Osteolysis involving tarsal bones
  • Ankle pain
  • Bilateral elbow dislocations
  • Bilateral renal atrophy
  • Hypertension
  • Micrognathia
  • Triangular face

Also known as: MCTO; autosomal dominant multicentric osteolysis; hereditary osteolysis of carpal bones with or without nephropathy; idiopathic multicentric osteolysis with or without nephropathy; multicentric carpo-tarsal osteolysis with or without nephropathy