Possible relationship between ulnar-mammary syndrome and split hand with aplasia of the ulna syndrome

Am J Med Genet. 1992 Dec 1;44(6):807-12. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1320440618.

Abstract

We describe a 3-generation family in which mother, maternal grandfather, and 2 (male and female) children have variably manifestations of the ulnar-mammary syndrome, including ulnar ray defects, obesity, hypogenitalism, delayed puberty, hypoplasia of nipples and apocrine glands, and a previously undescribed ectopia of upper canines. The index patient also had split-hand appearance on the right due to complete absence of the 4th ray. To our knowledge this is the first documented example of split hand in the ulnar-mammary syndrome. The hand anomaly raises the question of a possible causal relationship between ulnar-mammary syndrome and the split hand with aplasia of the ulna syndrome, as already hypothesized by Lenz [1980].

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Adolescent
  • Apocrine Glands / abnormalities*
  • Breast / abnormalities*
  • Cuspid / abnormalities*
  • Female
  • Genitalia, Male / abnormalities*
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pedigree
  • Puberty, Delayed / genetics*
  • Syndrome
  • Tooth Eruption, Ectopic / genetics*
  • Ulna / abnormalities*