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Deafness with labyrinthine aplasia, microtia, and microdontia

MedGen UID:
342803
Concept ID:
C1853144
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Congenital Deafness with Inner Ear Agenesis, Microtia, and Microdontia; Deafness with labyrinthine aplasia microtia and microdontia (LAMM); DEAFNESS, CONGENITAL, WITH LABYRINTHINE APLASIA, MICROTIA, AND MICRODONTIA
SNOMED CT: Congenital deafness with inner ear agenesis, microtia, and microdontia (702360007); LAMM syndrome (702360007); Congenital deafness with labyrinthine aplasia, microtia and microdontia (702360007)
Modes of inheritance:
Autosomal recessive inheritance
MedGen UID:
141025
Concept ID:
C0441748
Intellectual Product
Source: Orphanet
A mode of inheritance that is observed for traits related to a gene encoded on one of the autosomes (i.e., the human chromosomes 1-22) in which a trait manifests in individuals with two pathogenic alleles, either homozygotes (two copies of the same mutant allele) or compound heterozygotes (whereby each copy of a gene has a distinct mutant allele).
 
Gene (location): FGF3 (11q13.3)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0012541
OMIM®: 610706
Orphanet: ORPHA90024

Disease characteristics

Congenital deafness with labyrinthine aplasia, microtia, and microdontia (LAMM syndrome) is characterized by: profound bilateral congenital sensorineural deafness associated with inner ear anomalies (most often bilateral complete labyrinthine aplasia); microtia (type I) that is typically bilateral (although unilateral microtia and normal external ears are observed on occasion); and microdontia (small teeth). Individuals with LAMM syndrome commonly have motor delays during infancy presumably due to impaired balance from inner ear (vestibular) abnormalities. Growth, physical development, and cognition are normal. [from GeneReviews]
Authors:
Jessica Ordonez  |  Mustafa Tekin   view full author information

Additional description

From MedlinePlus Genetics
Congenital deafness with labyrinthine aplasia, microtia, and microdontia (also called LAMM syndrome) is a condition that affects development of the ears and teeth. In people with this condition, the structures that form the inner ear are usually completely absent (labyrinthine aplasia). Rarely, affected individuals have some underdeveloped inner ear structures in one or both ears. The abnormalities of the inner ear cause a form of hearing loss called sensorineural deafness that is present from birth (congenital). Because the inner ear is important for balance as well as hearing, development of motor skills, such as sitting and crawling, may be delayed in affected infants. In addition, people with LAMM syndrome often have abnormally small outer ears (microtia) with narrow ear canals. They can also have unusually small, widely spaced teeth (microdontia).  https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/congenital-deafness-with-labyrinthine-aplasia-microtia-and-microdontia

Clinical features

From HPO
Aplasia of the inner ear
MedGen UID:
540032
Concept ID:
C0266604
Congenital Abnormality
Absence of the inner ear due to a developmental defect.
Anteverted ears
MedGen UID:
384047
Concept ID:
C1857055
Finding
Microtia, first degree
MedGen UID:
866821
Concept ID:
C4021175
Anatomical Abnormality
Presence of all the normal ear components and the median longitudinal length more than two standard deviations below the mean.
Profound sensorineural hearing impairment
MedGen UID:
868926
Concept ID:
C4023338
Disease or Syndrome
Complete loss of hearing related to a sensorineural defect.
Delayed gross motor development
MedGen UID:
332508
Concept ID:
C1837658
Finding
A type of motor delay characterized by a delay in acquiring the ability to control the large muscles of the body for walking, running, sitting, and crawling.
Micrognathia
MedGen UID:
44428
Concept ID:
C0025990
Congenital Abnormality
Developmental hypoplasia of the mandible.
Jugular foramen stenosis
MedGen UID:
1054137
Concept ID:
CN376972
Finding
Reduction in diameter of the jugular foramen, an opening in the base of the skull that is located behind the carotid canal and is formed by the temporal bone and the occipital bone. The inferior petrosal sinus, three cranial nerves, the sigmoid sinus, and meningeal arteries pass through the jugular foramen.
Microdontia
MedGen UID:
66008
Concept ID:
C0240340
Congenital Abnormality
Decreased size of the teeth, which can be defined as a mesiodistal tooth diameter (width) more than 2 SD below mean. Alternatively, an apparently decreased maximum width of tooth.
Conical tooth
MedGen UID:
82730
Concept ID:
C0266037
Congenital Abnormality
An abnormal conical form of the teeth, that is, a tooth whose sides converge or taper together incisally.
Downslanted palpebral fissures
MedGen UID:
98391
Concept ID:
C0423110
Finding
The palpebral fissure inclination is more than two standard deviations below the mean.
Prominent nose
MedGen UID:
98423
Concept ID:
C0426415
Finding
Distance between subnasale and pronasale more than two standard deviations above the mean, or alternatively, an apparently increased anterior protrusion of the nasal tip.
Long face
MedGen UID:
324419
Concept ID:
C1836047
Finding
Facial height (length) is more than 2 standard deviations above the mean (objective); or, an apparent increase in the height (length) of the face (subjective).
Widely spaced teeth
MedGen UID:
337093
Concept ID:
C1844813
Finding
Increased spaces (diastemata) between most of the teeth in the same dental arch.
Peg-shaped maxillary lateral incisors
MedGen UID:
870609
Concept ID:
C4025060
Finding
A tooth crown with its mesial and distal sides converging or tapering toward the incisal edge causing severe reduction of mesiodistal diameter
Skin tags
MedGen UID:
11452
Concept ID:
C0037293
Neoplastic Process
Cutaneous skin tags also known as acrochorda or fibroepithelial polyps are small benign tumors that may either form secondarily over time primarily in areas where the skin forms creases, such as the neck, armpit or groin or may also be present at birth, in which case they usually occur in the periauricular region.

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  • CROGVDeafness with labyrinthine aplasia, microtia, and microdontia

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Therapy

Dill P, Schneider J, Weber P, Trachsel D, Tekin M, Jakobs C, Thöny B, Blau N
Mol Genet Metab 2011 Nov;104(3):362-8. Epub 2011 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.05.019. PMID: 21752681

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