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A very rare hereditary neurological dysmorphic syndrome with characteristics of moyamoya disease, short stature of postnatal onset and stereotypical facial dysmorphism. The syndrome is extremely rare and has been reported in three unrelated families to date, with 10 affected individuals in several generations. These families are not from Japan or Asia, whereas in general the incidence of moyamoya disease is highest in Japan and other Asian countries, in comparison with other parts of the world. Affected patients are all male (X-linked inheritance) and have moyamoya angiopathy (progressive stenosis of the terminal portion of the intracranial internal carotid arteries), short stature, hypergonadotropic hypogonadism and other variable manifestations.. The genetic cause appears to involve Xq28 deletions removing MTCP1/CMC4 and BRCC3 (Xq28) .The specific pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this disorder remain obscure, but appear to involve alteration in DNA repair.
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