Sotos syndrome with oligodontia: Case report

Sotos syndrome – Case report of a rare genetic disorder

Sotos syndrome is a congenital disorder that is characterised by pre and post natal overgrowth, mental retardation of variable degree, advanced bone age, and distinctive craniofacial features like macrocephaly frontal bossing and high hair line. Recently several reports have presented that haploinsufficiency of the gene for NSD1 (the nuclear-receptor-binding SET-domain-containing protein 1) at ...

Non Syndromic Oligodontia: Case Report

Oligodontia is a rare genetic disorder which represents the congenital absence of more than six teeth in primary, permanent or both dentitions. It is usually a part of a syndrome and seldom occurs as an isolated entity. Genes responsible for non syndromic oligodontia are found to be MSX1 and PAX9 genes. In this case report a 13 year old boy is presented who had absence of all four second perman...

Non-syndromic oligodontia: a case report.

BACKGROUND oligodontia is a condition with developmental absence of six or more permanent teeth excluding the third molars. It is a rare finding which has not been frequently documented in Nigerian children. OBJECTIVE to report a case of non syndromic oligodontia. METHODS The details of the clinical presentation, course and outcome of a 9-year-old child with oligodontia were reviewed. The c...

Sotos Syndrome

Sotos syndrome is an uncommon condition that affects approximately one in fourteen thousand of the population. Until recently, doctors would diagnose Sotos syndrome on the basis of several common features that include characteristic facial appearance, a degree of learning disability, increased head circumference and large stature. A sample of blood was often taken for genetic testing that could...

Nonsyndromic Oligodontia: a Rare Case Report with Review of Literature