Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome
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Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome is a rare genetic disease described by Ruzicka et al. in 1981. It is characterized by icthyosis (rough, scaly skin), deafness, intellectual disability, and skeletal anomalies.{{cite web| title=Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome| publisher=Check Orphan| access-date=2011-09-02| url=http://checkorphan.getreelhealth.com/disease/ruzicka-goerz-anton-syndrome}}{{cite web| language=fi| title=Ruzicka-Goerz-Anton syndrome| publisher=Mental Retardation Service Database| access-date=2011-09-01| url=http://www.saunalahti.fi/kup/syndrome/ruzicka.html| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913072912/http://www.saunalahti.fi/kup/syndrome/ruzicka.html| archive-date=2012-09-13}}
It is also known as "Ichthyosis deafness intellectual disability skeletal anomalies".{{cite web| publisher=National Library of Medicine| title=Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome| access-date=2011-09-02| url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2011/MB_cgi?mode=&index=206549| date=2010-08-25}}
Symptoms
The primary symptoms of Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome include ichthyosis, deafness, oligophrenia, and skeletal deformities.
Diagnosis
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Treatment
Therapy with Ro 10-9359, a retinoid derivative, results in improvement of the ichthyosis portion of the syndrome.{{cite journal| journal=Dermatologica| title=Oral retinoid (Ro 10-9359) in children with lamellar ichthyosis, epidermolytic hyperkeratosis and symmetrical progressive erythrokeratoderma| last1=Tamayo| first1=L.| last2=Ruiz-Maldonado| first2=R.| year=1980| pages=305–314| pmid= 6449393| volume=161| issue=5| doi=10.1159/000250382}}
History
In 1981, a case was studied by Ruzicka et al. of a 15-year-old girl. The patient had ichthyosis congenita as well as deafness and retarded mental development. Further studies showed several skeletal deformities including brachydactyly, clinodactyly, and extra ribs. One year earlier, the patient had developed thyroid carcinoma, but whether or not this is due to the syndrome is unknown. The patient was treated with an oral retinoid, which greatly improved the patient's ichthyosis.{{cite journal |vauthors=Ruzicka T, Goerz G, Anton-Lamprecht I |title=Syndrome of ichthyosis congenita, neurosensory deafness, oligophrenia, dental aplasia, brachydactyly, clinodactyly, accessory cervical ribs and carcinoma of the thyroid |journal=Dermatologica |volume=162 |issue=2 |pages=124–36 |year=1981 |pmid=7250456 |doi= 10.1159/000250259}}
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- [http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/GARD/Condition/210/Ruzicka_Goerz_Anton_syndrome.aspx Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome] at the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center
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