Cardiology · Cardiology / Heritable aortic disease
Beals–Hecht syndrome
also: Congenital contractural arachnodactyly
Marfan-like body habitus with contractures and crumpled ears.
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Subspecialty
- Cardiology / Heritable aortic disease
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected equally; Children: yes, congenital
- Gene(s) involved
- FBN2
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Congenital contractural arachnodactyly
Etiology & mechanism
FBN2 variants.
Gene(s) involved (1)
Symptoms & signs (7)
In plain terms, someone with Beals–Hecht syndrome may experience the following — click any to explore related syndromes:
Same gene(s)
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Shares symptoms with
3 shared
Beals syndrome
arachnodactyly, crumpled ears, kyphoscoliosis
3 shared
Marfan syndrome
aortic root dilation, arachnodactyly, mitral valve prolapse
2 shared
Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, classic and cardiac-valvular types
aortic root dilation, mitral valve prolapse
2 shared
Shprintzen–Goldberg syndrome
aortic root dilation, mitral valve prolapse
1 shared
Haim–Munk syndrome
arachnodactyly
1 shared
Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
joint contractures
1 shared
Schwartz–Jampel syndrome
joint contractures
1 shared
Trisomy 9 mosaic syndrome
joint contractures
1 shared
Winchester syndrome
joint contractures
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