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SHORT Syndrome

Clinical Characteristics
Ocular Features: 

Deeply set eyes are frequently noted and perhaps are a result of the lipodystrophy.  Anterior segment abnormalities resembling Rieger anomalies are often associated with congenital glaucoma. 

Systemic Features: 

There is considerable clinical heterogeneity.  The facial gestalt, however, is said to be characteristic.  These are: triangular progeroid facies with a prominent forehead, absence of facial fat, midface hypoplasia, and hypoplastic nasal alae.  Insulin resistance seems to be a consistent feature as well and nephrocalcinosis is common.  Serum and urinary calcium may be elevated even in infancy.

Teeth are late to erupt and bone age is delayed with shortness of stature the final result in many cases.  Joints are often hyperextensible.  A neurosensory hear loss has been found in some individuals.  Notably, developmental milestones are usually timely although mild cognitive delays are rarely seen and speech may be delayed.  Inguinal hernias are part of the syndrome. 

Genetics

Heterozygous mutations in the PIK3R1 gene (5q31.1) are responsible for this syndrome.

Treatment
Treatment Options: 

Serum and urinary calcium should be monitored.  The risk of glaucoma is high and patients should be monitored and treated appropriately.  Blood sugar and insulin levels may require treatment.  Inguinal hernias may require surgical repair.

References
Article Title: 

Clinical reappraisal of SHORT syndrome with PIK3R1 mutations: toward recommendation for molecular testing and management [1]

Avila, M., Dyment, D. A., Sagen, J. V., St-Onge, J., Moog, U., Chung, B. H. Y., Mo, S., Mansour, S., Albanese, A., Garcia, S., Martin, D. L., Lopez, A. A., and 33 others. Clinical reappraisal of SHORT syndrome with PIK3R1 mutations: toward recommendation for molecular testing and management. Clin. Genet. 89: 501-506, 2016.

PubMed ID: 
26497935

Mutations in PIK3R1 cause SHORT syndrome [2]

Dyment DA, Smith AC, Alcantara D, Schwartzentruber JA, Basel-Vanagaite L, Curry CJ, Temple IK, Reardon W, Mansour S, Haq MR, Gilbert R, Lehmann OJ, Vanstone MR, Beaulieu CL; FORGE Canada Consortium., Majewski J, Bulman DE, O'Driscoll M, Boycott KM, Innes AM. Mutations in PIK3R1 cause SHORT syndrome. Am J Hum Genet. 2013 Jul 11;93(1):158-66. 

PubMed ID: 
23810382
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[1] https://disorders.eyes.arizona.edu/references/clinical-reappraisal-short-syndrome-pik3r1-mutations-toward-recommendation-molecular [2] https://disorders.eyes.arizona.edu/references/mutations-pik3r1-cause-short-syndrome