Bone and Soft-Tissue Disorders
= autosomal recessive disease with severe hypoplastic anemia + skin pigmentation + skeletal and urogenital anomalies
- skin pigmentation (melanin deposits) in 74% (trunk, axilla, groin, neck); microphthalmia (20%)
- anemia onset between 17 months and 22 years of age
- bleeding tendency (pancytopenia); hypogonadism (40%)
- anomalies of radial component of upper extremity (strongly suggestive):
- absent / hypoplastic / supernumerary thumb
- hypoplastic / absent radius
- absent / hypoplastic navicular / greater multangular bone
- slight / moderate dwarfism
- minimal microcephaly
- renal anomalies (30%): renal aplasia, ectopia, horseshoe kidney
Prognosis: fatal within 5 years after onset of anemia; patient's family shows high incidence of leukemia