Michelin tire baby syndrome

Introduction: Michelin tire baby syndrome

Description of Michelin tire baby syndrome

Michelin tire baby syndrome (medical condition): A rare birth malformation characterized by excessive folded skin and...more »

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Michelin tire baby syndrome: Symmetric ringed creases around the extremities which disappear later in life. They are reminiscent of these of the mascot of the tire manufacturer, Michelin, hence the name of the syndrome. Associated abnormalities vary and may include facial dysmorphism, upslanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, cleft palate, genital anomalies, mild developmental delay, ureterocele, smooth muscle hamartoma, nevus lipomatosus, Laron syndrome (dwarfism and high growth hormone and low somatomedin activity), and other defects.
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Michelin tire baby syndrome: Related Topics

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Michelin tire baby syndrome: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Michelin tire baby syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Michelin tire baby syndrome, or a subtype of Michelin tire baby syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Michelin tire baby syndrome as a "rare disease".

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Michelin tire baby syndrome as a Disease

Michelin tire baby syndrome (medical condition): See Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome (disease information).
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Michelin tire baby syndrome: Related Diseases

Michelin tire baby syndrome: Michelin tire baby syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Skin conditions
• Congenital conditions
• Congenital conditions - physical defects

More information on medical condition: Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome:

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Terms associated with Michelin tire baby syndrome:

Terms Similar to Michelin tire baby syndrome:

• Amniotic band constriction
• Kunze Riehm syndrome
• Multiple benign ringed shaped skin creases of limbs
• Skin creases, multiple benign ring-shaped, of limbs
• Streeter's Amniotic Bands

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External links related to: Michelin tire baby syndrome

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• OMIM - MICHELIN TIRE BABY SYNDROME

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