Hypertelorism
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| Hypertelorism | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
 7-year old girl with hypertelorism (1924) |
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| ICD-10 | Q75.2 |
| ICD-9 | 376.41 756.0 |
| OMIM | 145400 |
| DiseasesDB | 29328 |
| MeSH | D006972 |
Hypertelorism is an abnormally increased distance between two organs or bodily parts, usually referring to an increased distance between the eyes (orbital hypertelorism), seen in a variety of syndromes, including 1q21.1 duplication syndrome, Basal Cell Nevus syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome.
Hypertelorism can also be seen in Apert syndrome, Noonan syndrome, LEOPARD syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome and Cri du chat syndrome, along with Piebaldism, prominent inner third of the eyebrows, irises of different color, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, mucopolysaccharide metabolism disorders (Morquio syndrome, Hurler's syndrome), and deafness.
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