Cleidocranial dysostosis
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| Cleidocranial dysostosis Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | Q74.0 |
|---|---|
| ICD-9 | 755.59 |
| OMIM | 119600 |
| DiseasesDB | 30594 |
| MedlinePlus | 001589 |
| MeSH | D002973 |
Cleidocranial dysostosis or Cleidocranial dysplasia is a hereditary congenital abnormality of humans due to haploinsufficiency caused by mutations in the CBFA1 gene.
Presentation
It has one or more of these features:
- The collarbones are partly or completely missing. If they are completely missing, the shoulders can touch each other in front of the chest.
- The fontanelles of the skull are late in closing, or never close.
- Extra teeth
- Permanent teeth not erupting.
- Bossing (= bulging) of the forehead.
Notable cases
Although he has not said he has the condition, the comedian Emmett Furrow has no collarbones. [1]
External links
- http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Cleidocranial+Dysplasia
- http://www.cafamily.org.uk/Direct/c37.html
- The National Craniofacial Association
- http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6549
- http://www.dental.mu.edu/oralpath/lesions/cleidocraniadys/cleidocraniadys.htm
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?indexed=google&rid=gene.chapter.ccd
- Medical Imaging on CCD
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