Baller-Gerold syndrome craniosynostosis-radial aplasia syndrome.
A new case of the Baller-Gerold syndrome is described in a 6 1/2-year-old, black male who presented at birth with bilateral synostoses of the coronal and lambdoidal sutures, bilateral radial aplasia, vertebral anomalies and genito-urinary malformations. The parents and siblings were unaffected, and there was no history of consanguinity. A review of the history and physical findings in our patient and in the four other patients previously reported in the literature is provided, with a discussion on pathogenesis, prognosis and the possible autosomal recessive mode of inheritance of the syndrome.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius / Q000002:abnormalities; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome