Conditions / Syndrome

Schinzel type phocomelia

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A syndrome characterized by severe malformations of upper and lower limbs,severely hypoplastic pelvis, and abnormal genitalia that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the WNT7A gene on chromosome 3p25.1.

Signs and symptoms

  • Aplasia/hypoplasia of the extremities
  • Short foot
  • Finger aplasia
  • Foot oligodactyly
  • Fibular aplasia
  • Aplasia/hypoplasia of the femur
  • Aplasia of the ulna
  • Anteriorly displaced genitalia
  • Prominent sternum
  • Barrel-shaped chest

Also known as: AARRS; Al Awadi-Raas-Rothschild syndrome; Al-Awadi/Raas-Rothschild/Schinzel phocomelia syndrome; LPHAS; Schinzel phocomelia syndrome