RIN2 syndrome

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Name:
RIN2 syndrome
Description:
RIN2 syndrome, formerly known as macrocephaly, alopecia, cutis laxa and scoliosis (MACS) syndrome, is a very rare inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by macrocephaly, sparse scalp hair, soft-redundant and hyperextensible skin, joint hypermobility, and scoliosis. Patients have progressive facial coarsening with downslanted palpebral fissures, upper eyelid fullness/infraorbital folds, thick/everted vermillion, gingival overgrowth and abnormal position of the teeth. Rarer manifestations such as abnormal high-pitched voice, bronchiectasis, hypergonadotropic hypergonadism and brachydactyly (see this term) have also been reported.
ORPHAcode:
217335
Synonyms:
MACS syndrome
Macrocephaly-alopecia-cutis laxa-scoliosis syndrome
RIN2 deficiency
Tall forehead-sparse hair-skin hyperextensibility-scoliosis syndrome
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13 May 2019 - 01:02
Changed:
22 Jun 2023 - 16:14