NEW SYNDROME OR SEVERE EXPRESSION OF GORDON SYNDROME - A CASE-REPORT

A boy with multiple congenital anomalies including median cleft palate , bilateral hearing loss, clino- and camptodactyly, bilateral single p almar flexion creases, severe hypotonia with kyphoscoliosis and respir atory insufficiency, failure to thrive, bilateral cryptorchidism and f acial dysmorphism (epicanthus, a flat nasal bridge, a small mouth, a s mall nose with anteverted nostrils, low-set ears, a prominent forehead , microretrognathia) is presented. His mother has a median cleft palat e, bilateral hearing loss, single palmar flexion creases, and short st ature. An autosomal or X-linked dominant syndrome with more severe exp ression in the proband than in his mother is suggested.