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Microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome is a rare, genetic, syndromic intellectual disability disease characterized by progressive postnatal microcephaly and global developmental delay, as well as moderate to profound intellectual disability, difficulty or inability to walk, pyramidal signs (including spasticity, hyperreflexia and extensor plantar response) and thin corpus callosum revealed by brain imaging. Ophthalmologic signs (including nystagmus, strabismus and abnormal retinal pigmentation), foot deformity and genital anomalies may also be associated.
Data assembled from 6 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 6:47 AM UTC
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
European rare disease database
Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center
Features include always present findings: Abnormal foot morphology, Microcephaly, Delayed speech and language development, and Hypoplasia of the corpus callosum and others; and common findings: Delayed CNS myelination, Spasticity, and Overactive reflexes (hyperreflexia). 17 total HPO annotations.
Organ System | Phenotype Count | Example Features |
|---|---|---|
Brain and nerves | 8 | Brain shrinkage (cerebral atrophy), Delayed speech and language development, Babinski sign |
Heart and blood vessels | 2 | Aortic valve stenosis, Bicuspid aortic valve |
Head and neck | 2 | Microcephaly, Secondary microcephaly |
Arms and legs | 1 | Abnormal foot morphology |
Muscles | 1 | Brain shrinkage (cerebral atrophy) |
Eyes | 1 | Nystagmus |
Age of onset: before birth.
TAF2 function has not been fully characterized.
Microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome is associated with mutations in the TAF2 gene on chromosome 8.
Genetic testing for TAF2 is available. Testing is considered confirmatory for diagnosis.
Biomarker and diagnostic research for microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome has been reported in the published literature.
Phenotype severity distribution: 7 always present features, 3 common features.
Estimated prevalence: <1 in 1,000,000 (VERY_RARE).
No clinical trials have been registered for microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome.
19 publications have been identified in PubMed for microcephaly-thin corpus callosum-intellectual disability syndrome. Research spans Case Report / Case Series (37%), Review / Meta-Analysis (21%), and Basic Science / Preclinical (16%).
Research Type | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
Patient case studies | 7 | 37% |
Research summaries | 4 | 21% |
Laboratory research | 3 | 16% |
Disease patterns and progression | 3 | 16% |
Other research | 1 | 5% |
Testing and diagnosis research | 1 | 5% |
Kovalskaia VA (2026). [PMID: 42271513](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42271513/). *Hum Genomics*. [Other]
Khalilian S (2026). [PMID: 42572583](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42572583/). *Mol Genet Metab Rep*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]
Kido J (2026). [PMID: 42150437](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42150437/). *Mol Genet Metab*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Qi R (2025). [PMID: 41393301](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41393301/). *Frontiers in endocrinology*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Roberts JP (2025). [PMID: 40061310](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40061310/). *medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
Thanuja B (2025). [PMID: 40088508](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40088508/). *Pediatric neurology*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Poleg T (2025). [PMID: 40492975](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40492975/). *Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Tuncel G (2025). [PMID: 40321317](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40321317/). *International journal of genomics*. [Diagnostic / Biomarker]
Türkdoğan D (2025). [PMID: 39704271](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39704271/). *Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Skocy H (2025). [PMID: 40687628](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40687628/). *Molecular genetics and metabolism reports*. [Case Report / Case Series]