title: Muscular hypertrophy of the oesophagus and "Alport-like" glomerular lesions in a boy.
abstract: A patient with idiopathic muscular hypertrophy of the oesophagus, bilateral cataracts and an Alport-like nephropathy is described. Only 15 patients with a similar association have been described so far and autosomal dominant inheritance is most likely.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Legius
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Proesmans
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Van Damme
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Geboes
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lerut
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eggermont
mesh_terms: D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007678:Kidney Glomerulus / Q000473:pathology*; D007889:Leiomyoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D009394:Nephritis, Hereditary / Q000473:pathology*