Short Stature and Facial Telangiectasis

Crucial
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Synonyms

• BS
• Bloom-Torre-Mackacek syndrome
• dwarfism, Levi’s type
• brief stature and facial telangiectasis
• brief stature, telangiectatic erythema of the face
• genetic telangiectatic erythema

Disorder Class

• None

General Conversation
Bloom syndrome is an unusual congenital disease characterized by short stature; boosted level of sensitivity to light (photosensitivity); numerous small expanded blood vessels on the face (facial telangiectasia), frequently appearing like a butterfly in shape; immune deficiency leading to increased sensitivity to infections; as well as, possibly most Importantly, a substantially enhanced sensitivity to cancer cells of any type of organ, yet specifically to leukemia and lymphoma. Some clinicians categorize Blossom syndrome as a chromosomal damage syndrome; that is, a disorder associated with a high frequency of chromosomal breaks and also rearrangements. It is thought that there is a link between the regularity of chromosomal breaks and the increased tendency toward hatreds.

Blossom syndrome is acquired as an autosomal recessive genetic trait. It is often consisted of among the Jewish genetic conditions.