| Syndrome that is characterized by the specific association of large and late-closing fontanelles, hypertelorism, early-onset cataract and mild generalized skeletal dysplasia. Patients have abnormal hair, frontal bossing, hyperpigmentation with capillary hemangioma of the forehead, macrocephaly, significant hypertelorism, and a broad and prominent nose. In addition patients have Y-shaped sutural cataracts. All affected individuals have proportionate short stature but intellectual development is normal. The syndrome maps to chromosome 14q13-q21 and causative mutations have been identified in the SEC23A gene. |
