Medicine:Hypotelorism
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Short description: Abnormally decreased distance between two body parts, usually the eyes
| Hypotelorism | |
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| Other names | Ocular hypotelorism,[1] orbital hypotelorism,[1] hypotelorbitism[2] |
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| Hypotelorism as a result of 18p- syndrome | |
Hypotelorism is an abnormally decreased distance between two organs or bodily parts, usually pertaining to the eye sockets (orbits), also known as orbital hypotelorism.[1]
Causes
It is often a result of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), caused by large alcohol intake in the first month of pregnancy.[citation needed]
It can be associated with trisomy 13, which is also known as Patau syndrome,[3] as well as hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy.[4]
It can also be associated with fragile X syndrome and Prader–Willi syndrome.
Metopic synostosis, the early closure of metopic suture during skull development in children, can also cause hypotelorism.
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Hypotelorism". Medical Dictionary. TheFreeDictionary.com. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/hypotelorism. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
- ↑ Metopic Synostosis - Thieme Connect. doi:10.1055/b-0034-72774. https://profile.thieme.de/HTML/sso/ejournals/login.htm?rdeLocaleAttr=en&type=default&subsidiary=www.thieme-connect.de&hook_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thieme-connect.de%2Fproducts%2Febooks%2Fpdf%2F10.1055%2Fb-0034-72774.pdf. Retrieved 2020-01-08.
- ↑ "Hypotelorism". Medcyclopaedia. GE. http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/library/topics/volume_iii_1/h/hypotelorism.aspx.
- ↑ Electromyography and Neuromuscular Disorders, Second Edition. Preston and Shapiro.
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