Hypertelorism
Hypertelorism: A condition in which there is an abnormally increased distance between two organs or bodily parts; most often, this term is referring to an increased distance between the orbits (orbital hypertelorism).
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Hypertelorism: Abnormal increase in the interorbital distance due to overdevelopment of the lesser wings of the sphenoid.
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Hypertelorism: Interpupillary distance more than 2 SD above the mean (alternatively, the appearance of an increased interpupillary distance or widely spaced eyes).
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Symptoms of Hypertelorism
Clinical features: Imported from Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
- Abnormality of head or neck
- Hypertelorism
- Congenital anomaly of eye
- Hypertelorism
Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH)4
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Causes List: Hypertelorism
Some of the causes of the condition may include:5 Causes of Hypertelorism:
- 10q22.3q23.3 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 12q14 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 14q11.2 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 14q22q23 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 15q24 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 15q Overgrowth Syndrome
- 17p11.2 Microduplication Syndrome
- 17p13.3 Microduplication Syndrome
- 17q23.1q23.2 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 19p13.12 Microdeletion ...
Causes List for Hypertelorism
Some possible causes of Hypertelorism or similar disorders may include:6
- ALG1-CDG syndrome (Hypertelorism)
- ALG13-CDG syndrome (Hypertelorism)
- ATR-X syndrome (Hypertelorism)
- Aarskog syndrome, autosomal dominant (Hypertelorism)
- Aarskog syndrome (Hypertelorism)
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome (Hypertelorism)
- Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome ...
Types of Hypertelorism
Some types of this condition may include:7 Types of Hypertelorism:
- Acrootoocular Syndrome
- Atrial Septal Defect, Secundum, With Various Cardiac and Noncardiac Defects
- Autosomal dominant Opitz G/BBB syndrome
- Axenfeld-Rieger Anomaly With Partially Absent Eye Muscles, Distinctive Face, Hydrocephaly, and Skeletal Abnormalities
- Bagatelle Cassidy syndrome
- Barber-Say syndrome ...
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References
- Source: NCI Thesaurus
- Source: MeSH (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: GTR (NCBI/NIH): ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ gtr/ conditions/ C0020534/
- Source: Human Phenotype Ontology
- Source: Algorithmically Generated List
- Source: NCI Thesaurus
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