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syndromic microphthalmia 2

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A syndromic microphthalmia characterized by ocular defects including microphthalmia, microcornea, and congentital cataract; facial dysmorphism including septate nasal cartilage with high nasal bridge; congenital heart defects, most commonly a septal defect; an

A syndromic microphthalmia characterized by ocular defects including microphthalmia, microcornea, and congentital cataract; facial dysmorphism including septate nasal cartilage with high nasal bridge; congenital heart defects, most commonly a septal defect; and dental anomalies, most commonly persistent primary teeth and radiculomegaly that has_material_basis_in mutation in the BCL6 corepressor gene on chromosome Xp11.

Signs and symptoms

  • Delayed eruption of teeth
  • Developmental cataract
  • Microphthalmia
  • Long philtrum
  • Contracture of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the 2nd toe
  • Contracture of the proximal interphalangeal joint of the 3rd toe
  • Persistence of primary teeth
  • Radiculomegaly
  • Prominent nasal bridge
  • Broad nasal tip

Also known as: ANOP2; MAA2; MCOPS2; OFCD syndrome; cataract-microphthalmia-radiculomegaly-cardiac septal defect syndrome