Costello syndrome (CS)
1:1.25 million (Aoki et. al.)
1:300,000 (unpublished, UK)
Costello syndrome affects multiple organ systems. Its typical presentation is characterized by diffuse hypotonia and severe feeding difficulties in infancy; short stature; developmental delay or intellectual disability; characteristic facial features; curly or sparse, fine hair; loose, soft skin with deep palmar and plantar creases; papillomata of the face and perianal region; joint laxity with ulnar deviation of the wrists and fingers; tight Achilles tendons; and cardiac involvement (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [HCM], congenital heart defect, and arrhythmia). Postnatal cerebellar overgrowth can result in Chiari I malformation with associated hydrocephalus or syringomyelia. An approximately 15% lifetime risk for malignant tumors includes rhabdomyosarcoma and neuroblastoma in young children and transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder in adolescents and young adults. Females and males are equally affected.
[Gripp KW and Rauen KA, GeneReviews for CS, 2019]
Materials for parents:
- Parent welcome brochure
- CS booklet for Parents by Parents
- CS Clinical Guidelines trifold
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