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hmtoggle_plus1LEOPARD
•autosomal dominant;  Moynihan’s syndrome; multiple lentigines syndrome;  mucous membranes generally spared
•L – lentigines
•E – EKG abnormalities (conduction defects)
•O – ocular hypertelorism
•P – pulmonary stenosis
•A – abnormal genitalia (hyperspadia, cryptorchidism)
•R – retardation of growth
•D –sensorineural deafness

 

hmtoggle_plus1NAME
•N – nevi
•A – atrial myxoma
•M – mucocutaneous myxoma
•E – ephilides

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1LAMB
•L - lentigines
•A – atrial myxoma
•M – mucocutaneous myxomas
•B – blue nevus

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1PIBIDS/ IBIDS/ BIDS
•all autosomal recessive
•P – photosensitive
•I – intellectual impairment
•B – brittle hair (= trichothiodystrophy; hair, low cysteine content (sulfur amino acid) tigertail when polarized)
•I – ichthyosis
•D – decreased fertility
•S – short stature

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1KID
•K – keratitis  (ocular:  can cause blindness)
•I – ichthyosis
•D – deafness

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1POEMS
•P – polyneuropathy
•O – organomegaly
•E – endocrinopathy
•M – M-protein
•S – skin changes (hyperpigmentation, hypertrichotic, sclerodermatous, glomeruloid hemangioma)
•AKA osteosclerotic myeloma (in plasma cell dyscrasia category)

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1CHILD
•CH – congenital hemidysplasia
•I – ichthyosis erythroderma (following Blashckos lines)
•LD – limb defects
•X-linked dominant (therefore follows Blashko’s lines)

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1HAIR-AN
•HA – hyperandrogenism
•IR – insulin resistance
•AN – acanthosis nigricans

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1BAD
•B – black locks
•A – albinism
•D – deafness

 

 

hmtoggle_plus1SAPHO syndrome
•S - synovitis
•A - acne
•P - pustulosis
•H - hyperostosis
•O - osteitis