Eating disorder in a patient with phenotypical features of Lujan-Fryns syndrome.
We report a young patient with phenotypic, cognitive and behavioural features consistent with a diagnosis of Lujan-Fryns syndrome. He exhibited a severe eating disorder with food refusal and psychogenic loss of appetite, which led to a serious state of malnutrition. Behavioural difficulties including shyness, hyperactivity and emotional instability are present in almost 80% of the described patients with Lujan-Fryns syndrome but eating disorders have not been previously reported in this condition. A review of the behavioural problems in Lujan-Fryns syndrome and an approach to their management is discussed.
Alonso
Pino
P
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona Deparments of Paediatrics Psychiatry, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias I Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
Pintos
Guillem
G
Almazan
Francisco
F
Hernández
Llusïa
L
Loran
Eulalia
E
Menchon
Jose M
JM
Vallejo
Julio
J
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000473:pathology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000473:pathology; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome