Table 1.

X-Linked Otopalatodigital Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Features

PhenotypeCraniofacial FeaturesSkeletal FeaturesOther
OPD1
(male
phenotype)
Cleft palate & characteristic facies: prominent supraorbital ridges, downslanted palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, broad nasal bridge & nasal tip, hypodontia, oligodontiaDigits: short proximally placed thumbs, hypoplastic distal phalanges, great toe hypoplasia, long 2nd toe, prominent sandal gap; limited joint mobility; limbs w/mild bowingConductive & sensorineural hearing loss; normal intelligence
Heterozygous females 1: variable features; some females as affected as male relatives.
OPD2
(male
phenotype)
Pierre Robin sequence; characteristic facies (more severe than OPD1)Digits: hypoplastic thumbs & great toes, absent halluces, camptodactyly; thoracic hypoplasia; delayed closure of fontanelles; bowed limbs; short statureConductive & SNHL; cardiac: septal defects, obstructive lesions to the right ventricular outflow tract; omphalocele; GU: ureteric obstruction w/hydronephrosis, hypospadias; CNS: hydrocephalus, cerebellar hypoplasia; DD; death in neonatal period
Heterozygous females 1: often subclinical phenotype; characteristic facies (prominent supraorbital ridges, wide nasal bridge & broad nasal tip) are most common findings. Occasionally conductive HL, cleft palate, skeletal & digital anomalies.
FMD1
(male
phenotype)
Characteristic facies (more severe than OPD2)Digits: distal phalangeal hypoplasia, progressive contractures of the hands; limited joint mobility (wrists, elbows, knees, ankles); scoliosis; bowed limbsConductive & SNHL; underdevelopment of musculature (shoulder girdle, intrinsic muscles of the hands); subglottic stenosis w/congenital stridor; GU: ureteric & urethral stenosis, hydronephrosis; normal intelligence
Heterozygous females: characteristic facies similar to affected males
MNS
(female
phenotype)
Prominent lateral margins of the supraorbital ridges, proptosis, full cheeks, micrognathia, oligohypodontia, facial asymmetryDigits: long w/mild distal phalangeal hypoplasia; thoracic hypoplasia; bowed limbs; joint subluxation; short statureConductive & SNHL; ureteric obstruction w/hydronephrosis; coloboma; normal intelligence
Hemizygous males: phenotype ranges from lethal phenotype similar to severe OPD2 to mildly affected.
TODPD
(female
phenotype)
Widely spaced eyes, oral frenulae, hyperpigmented lesions over the temporal region, alopeciaDigits: fibromata in infancy, camptodactyly; bowed limbs; short statureCardiac: septal defects; normal intelligence
Hemizygous males: phenotype has not been described in males.

DD = developmental delay; FMD1 = frontometaphyseal dysplasia type 1; GU = genitourinary; MNS = Melnick-Needles syndrome; OPD1 = otopalatodigital syndrome type 1; OPD2 = otopalatodigital syndrome type 2; SNHL = sensorineural hearing loss; TODPD = terminal osseous dysplasia with pigmentary skin defects

1.

OPD1 and OPD2 cannot be clinically differentiated in a single affected female in a family with no affected males.

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