See Also: Cataract with poikiloderma atrophicans(health)
poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract(medicine)
poikiloderma atrophicans vasculare(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Poikiloderma(medicine)
poikiloderma congenitale(medicine)
dermatitis atrophicans(medicine)
acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans(medicine)
lichen planus et acuminatus atrophicans(medicine)
keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei(medicine)

poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract (medicine)


poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract


The rothmund-thomson syndrome, a genetic disorder with numerous features affecting skin (premature aging, excess pigmentation, dilated blood vessels),eyes ( uvenile cataract), nose (saddle nose), teeth (maldeveloped), skeletal system (congenital bone defects) hair (abnormal), gonads (underdevelopment) limbs (soft tissue contractures), growth (short stature). Blood (anaemia) and a tendency to develop a type of bone cancer (osteogenic sarcoma). The rts gene is on chromosome 8. The syndrome is recessive so to be affected with rts a child has to have two rts genes, one from each parent.