Conditions / Genetic

Pfeiffer syndrome

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An acrocephalosyndactylia that has_material_basis_in mutations in the FGFR1 and FGFR2 gene which results_in premature fusion located_in skull.

Signs and symptoms

  • Tracheal cartilaginous sleeve
  • Brachyturricephaly
  • Strabismus
  • Short middle phalanx of toe
  • Bronchomalacia
  • Short nose
  • Coronal craniosynostosis
  • Elbow ankylosis
  • Broad hallux
  • Shortening of all middle phalanges of the fingers

Also known as: acrocephalosyndactylia type V