DISEASE: Macrocephaly, alopecia, cutis laxa, and scoliosis
Entry
H00906 Disease
Name
Macrocephaly, alopecia, cutis laxa, and scoliosis; MACS syndrome
Description
Macrocephaly, alopecia, cutis laxa, and scoliosis is an autosomal-recessive disorder related to the cutis laxa group of inherited disorders associated with macrocephaly, sparse hair, redundant skin, hyperlaxity of joints, gingival hypertrophy, retrognathia with abnormal skull morphology, and severe scoliosis. Homozygous mutations in RIN2, a protein that is involved in the regulation of endocytosis, have been reported.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Multiple developmental anomalies or syndromes
LD28 Syndromes with connective tissue involvement as a major feature
H00906 Macrocephaly, alopecia, cutis laxa, and scoliosis
Basel-Vanagaite L, Sarig O, Hershkovitz D, Fuchs-Telem D, Rapaport D, Gat A, Isman G, Shirazi I, Shohat M, Enk CD, Birk E, Kohlhase J, Matysiak-Scholze U, Maya I, Knopf C, Peffekoven A, Hennies HC, Bergman R, Horowitz M, Ishida-Yamamoto A, Sprecher E
Title
RIN2 deficiency results in macrocephaly, alopecia, cutis laxa, and scoliosis: MACS syndrome.