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Acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type is a multiple malformative syndrome in which mandibulofacial dysostosis and severe limb reduction defects are associated with complex malformations of different organs and systems especially the CNS, urogenital tract, heart, and lungs. The mandibulofacial defect, characterized by extremely severe microretrognathism and cleft palate, causes death by respiratory distress. Limb reduction is severe and includes shoulder and pelvis hypoplasia, phocomelia with humerus hypoplasia, absent radius and ulna, complete absence of long bones of the legs, and various hand anomalies, predominantly preaxial reduction (absent thumbs). Other features include CNS malformations (agenesis of corpus callosum and acqueductal stenosis), lung anomalies (absent lung lobulation), complex cardiac malformations, and unicornis uterus. These infants also show facial dysmorphism and ear anomalies. The condition is a rare with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. The prognosis is poor and this condition leads to death in utero or shortly after birth.
Features include: Triphalangeal thumb, Fibular hypoplasia, Absent forearm, and Short stature and 20 more.
Organ System | Phenotype Count | Example Features |
|---|---|---|
Skin | 2 | Deep-set nails, Thin skin |
Growth and development |
Estimated prevalence: <1 in 1,000,000 (VERY_RARE).
No clinical trials have been registered for acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type.
5 publications have been identified in PubMed for acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type. Research spans Basic Science / Preclinical (80%) and Review / Meta-Analysis (20%).
Griffin C (2025). [PMID: 40047147](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40047147/). *Dev Dyn*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Behunova J (2025). [PMID: 40723430](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40723430/). *Biology (Basel)*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Griffin C (2025). [PMID: 40126363](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40126363/). *Dis Model Mech*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Guo C (2024). [PMID: 38858685](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38858685/). *BMC Pregnancy Childbirth*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Mero IL (2024). [PMID: 39430512](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39430512/). *Heliyon*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Data assembled from 5 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 9:39 PM UTC
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Common questions about acrofacial dysostosis Rodriguez type
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Short stature |
Arms and legs | 1 | Overlapping toe |
Head and neck | 1 | High palate |