Severe Hajdu-Cheney syndrome with upper airway obstruction

Am J Med Genet. 1997 Jun 13;70(3):261-6.

Abstract

Hajdu-Cheney syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder of acroosteolysis, skull deformities, characteristic facial abnormalities, osteoporosis, joint laxity, early loss of teeth, hearing loss, and a hoarse voice. We report on an 8 1/2-year-old boy with Hajdu-Cheney syndrome and cystic kidney disease, congenital heart disease, hydrocephalus, cleft lip and palate, hydrosyringomyelia, club feet, splenomegaly, hypospadias, vertebral anomalies, and upper airway obstruction. A review of 44 patients did not uncover any other patients with all of these manifestations, nor any patient with upper airway obstruction. Hajdu-Cheney syndrome appears to encompass a broader phenotype than previously recognized. The documentation of these additional anomalies is valuable because the findings of acroosteolysis and osteoporosis can present later in the course.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
  • Airway Obstruction / pathology*
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Osteolysis, Essential / pathology*