Kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome due to lysyl hydroxylase 1 deficiency

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Synonyms: Cutis hyperelastica | EDS VIA | Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 6A | Kyphoscoliotic EDS due to lysyl hydroxylase 1 deficiency | Lysyl hydroxylase-deficient EDS | Ocular-scoliotic EDS | kEDS-PLOD1

A rare subtype of kyphoscoliotic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome characterized by congenital muscle hypotonia congenital or early-onset kyphoscoliosis (progressive or non-progressive) and generalized joint hypermobility with dislocations/subluxations (in particular of the shoulders hips and knees). Additional common features are skin hyperextensibility easy bruising of the skin rupture/aneurysm of a medium-sized artery osteopenia/osteoporosis blue sclerae umbilical or inguinal hernia chest deformity marfanoid habitus talipes equinovarus and refractive errors. Subtype-specific manifestations include skin fragility atrophic scarring scleral/ocular fragility/rupture microcornea and facial dysmorphology (like low‐set ears epicanthal folds down‐slanting palpebral fissures high palate). Molecular testing is obligatory to confirm the diagnosis.

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