poikiloderma congenitale

Roth·mund syn·drome

(rot'mūnd),

atrophy, pigmentation, and telangiectasia of the skin, usually with juvenile cataract, saddle nose, congenital bone defects, disturbance of hair growth, hypogonadism; autosomal recessive inheritance.

Synonym(s): poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract, poikiloderma congenitale, Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

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Rothmund,

August von, German physician, 1830-1906.

Rothmund syndrome - atrophy, pigmentation, and telangiectasia of the skin, usually with juvenile cataract, saddle nose, congenital bone defects, disturbance of hair growth and hypogonadism. Synonym(s): poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract; poikiloderma congenitale; Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome - Synonym(s): Rothmund syndrome

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