======Wiedemann-Steiner Syndrome ====== ====Main Features==== * Developmental delay/Intellectual disability * Hypotonia * Distinctive Facial Features ====Eye Findings==== * Dysmorphisms * Downslanting Palpebral Fissures (74-94%) * Vertically narrow (short) palpebral fissures (72-80%) * Hypertelorism (77%) * Long eyelashes and thick eyebrows * Telecanthus and Epicanthus * Ptosis (16%) * Refractive errors (47%) * Strabismus (22%) * Amblyopia * Lacrimal duct fistuale and stenosis (9%) * Retinal anomalies (rare) * Microphthalmia (rare) ====Other Findings==== * Failure to thrive * Short stature * Constipation * Heart defects * PDA, ASD * GU * renal calyceal dilation, uterine anomalies * Immune * Hypogammaglobulinemia and recurrent infections * Endocrine * Growth Hormone deficiency * Hypothyroidism * premature thelarche * Skeletal * Vertebral anomalies * accelerated skeletal maturation, hypdysplasia brachydactyly, clinodactyly * CNS * Seizures * polymicrogyria, hypoplasia of corpus callosum, Chiari malformation, tethered cord ====Etiology==== * Heterozygous (monoallelic) pathologic variant of the KMT2A gene located on chromosome 11q23. * KMT2A regulates gene expression during development * Prevalence is about 1:25,000 to 40,000. ====Resources==== * [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK580718/|Gene Reviews Summary]] * [[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cge.12586| Delineation of clinical features in Wiedemann–Steiner syndrome caused by KMT2A mutations. Miyake N. et al. Clinical Genetics 2015;89(1):115-119]] {{tag>syndrome}}