A Schinzel-Giedion-like syndrome--a milder version or a separate condition?

ABSTRACT

We report two 12-year-old monozygotic twins followed from birth. Their features include midface hypoplasia, a prominent forehead, coarse features, sensorineural deafness, short stature with thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis and intellectual delay. As they have developed, their features have been reminiscent of a storage disorder but mucopolysaccharidoses, mucolipidoses and gangliosidoses have been excluded by biochemical testing. We discuss the phenotypic overlap with the Schinzel-Giedion syndrome but highlight the important differences. Individuals with Schinzel-Giedion syndrome tend to have renal and cardiac malformations and to have a very poor outlook, often dying in the first 3 years of life. We suggest that these twins have a previously undescribed Schinzel-Giedion like syndrome.