Rothmund-Thomson syndrome

Rothmund-Thomson syndrome (RTS) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder with heterogeneous clinical features.

Clinical presentation

It is characterized by many features which include:

Complications

The syndrome carries an increased risk for certain malignancies, especially osteosarcoma .

History and etymology

The syndrome was originally described by August von Rothmund (1830-1906) in 1868. Further descriptions were published by Matthew Sydney Thomson (1894-1969) in 1936.

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