Cole-Hughes macrocephaly syndrome and associated autistic manifestations.

Abstract

Based on cases that had been excluded from a previous clinical study of Sotos syndrome, Cole and Hughes [1991: Am J Med Genet 41:115-124] reported a new syndrome associated with marked obesity, occasional delayed bone age, distinctive facial anomalies, mental retardation, and progressive postnatal macrocephaly in the context of autosomal dominant familial macrocephaly. Subsequently, Stevenson et al. [1997: Lancet 349:1744-1745] emphasized the association of progressive postnatal macrocephaly with autism, and they suggested that this might comprise a recognizable autism syndrome. We report two additional patients with Cole-Hughes syndrome and associated autistic characteristics with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. These patients seem to manifest a distinctive behavioral phenotype associated with Cole-Hughes syndrome and they manifest a distinct subgroup of persons with autism that may ultimately shed light on the pathogenesis of this disorder.

• Authors: S Naqvi, T Cole, J M Graham Jr
• Journal: American journal of medical genetics (Am J Med Genet) Vol. 94 Issue 2 Pg. 149-52 (Sep 11 2000) ISSN: 0148-7299 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10982971 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
• Copyright: Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

Topics

• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Autistic Disorder (physiopathology)
• Head (abnormalities)
• Humans
• Infant
• Intellectual Disability
• Male
• Obesity
• Syndrome