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Nager acrofacial dysostosis

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An acrofacial dysostosis characterized by underdeveloped cheek bones, very small lower jaw, cleft palate, defects in the middle ear, absent eyelashes, and a notch in the lower eyelids called a coloboma, in children.

Signs and symptoms

  • Limited elbow extension
  • Strabismus
  • Short stature
  • Abnormal thumb morphology
  • Cervical ribs
  • 4-5 toe syndactyly
  • Midface retrusion
  • Camptodactyly
  • Lacrimal duct stenosis
  • Hypoplasia of the radius

Also known as: AFD; Nager syndrome; acrofacial dysostosis 1, Nager type; preaxial acrofacial dysostosis; preaxial manibulofacial dysostosis