Conditions / Syndrome

Tietz syndrome

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A syndrome that is characterized by congenital profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss and generalized albino-like hypopigmentation of skin, eyes and hair that has_material_basis_in mutation in the MITF gene on chromosome 3p13.

Signs and symptoms

  • Blue irides
  • Fundus hypopigmentation
  • White eyelashes
  • Generalized hypopigmentation
  • Congenital sensorineural hearing impairment
  • White eyebrow
  • Heterochromia iridis

Also known as: Tietz albinism-deafness syndrome; albinism-deafness of Tietz; hypopigmentation/deafness of Tietz