ADULT syndrome
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Acronym for "Acro -Dermato-Ungueal-Lacrimal-Tooth".
(Propping-Zerres syndrome)
Very rare: < 1/106. Autosomal dominant transmission with incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity of a mutation of the TP63 gene (3q 27). It presents many similarities with the EEC syndrome (see this term).
Association of:
- ectrodactyly of hands and/or feet
- freckles in excessive quantities
- onychodysplasy
- obstruction of the tear ducts
- hypodontia or early loss of permanent teeth.
Sometimes abnormalities of the sweat glands with risk of hyperthermia.
Anesthetic implications:
fragile teeth, monitoring of temperature
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Updated: December 2019