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Noonan syndrome

Evidencia revisada por última vez: 24 Jul 2026
Tema actualizado por última vez: 10 Dec 2024

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • positive family history
  • short stature
  • dysmorphic facial features
  • cryptorchidism
  • cardiac anomalies
  • delayed puberty
  • easy bruising or bleeding
  • lymphedema
  • pigmentary anomalies
  • sparse or absent eyebrows and lashes
  • splenomegaly
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Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • abnormalities identified prenatally
  • chest deformity
  • developmental delay/learning difficulty
  • skeletal anomalies
  • muscle weakness
  • history of renal malformation
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Factores de riesgo

  • family history of NS
  • advanced paternal age
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Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • ECG
  • echocardiogram
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Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • CBC
  • coagulation profile
  • molecular genetic testing
  • abdominal ultrasound
  • renal ultrasound
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Algoritmo de tratamiento

Agudo

all patients

Colaboradores

Autores

David A. Stevenson, MD

Associate Professor

Department of Pediatrics

Division of Medical Genetics

Stanford University

Stanford

CA

Divulgaciones

DAS has acted as a consultant for Lineagen, GLG, and Alexion, and has given expert testimony. He is on the medical advisory board for parents' support groups for Costello syndrome and CFC syndrome. DAS is an author of a reference cited in this topic. DAS has also been reimbursed by RASopathies Network for attending conferences.

Agradecimientos

Dr David A. Stevenson would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Judith E. Allanson, the previous contributor to this topic. JEA is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Revisores por pares

Liliana N. Contreras, MD

Chief

Endocrine Research Department

Instituto de Investigaciones Médicas Alfredo Lanari

IDIM-CONICET

University of Buenos Aires

Argentina

Divulgaciones

LNC declares that she has no competing interests.

Bruce Gelb, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York

NY

Divulgaciones

BG received royalties from GeneDx, Correlegan, Preventative Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, and Harvard Medical School/Partners for genetic testing of Noonan syndrome. BG is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

Jacqueline Noonan, MD

Professor Emeriti

Department of Pediatrics

College of Medicine

University of Kentucky

Lexington

KY

Divulgaciones

JN is on the Noonan Syndrome Advisory Board for Novo Nordisk and has received payment for speaking at a symposium. JN is an author of a number of references cited in this topic.

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Artículos principales

Jorge AA, Malaquias AC, Arnhold IJ, et al. Noonan syndrome and related disorders: a review of clinical features and mutations in genes of the RAS/MAPK pathway. Horm Res. 2009;71(4):185-93.Texto completo  Resumen

Shaw AC, Kalidas K, Crosby AH, et al. The natural history of Noonan syndrome: a long-term follow-up study. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Feb;92(2):128-32.Texto completo  Resumen

Allanson JE. Noonan syndrome. J Med Genet. 1987 Jan;24(1):9-13.Texto completo  Resumen

Lee DA, Portnoy S, Hill P, et al. Psychological profile of children with Noonan syndrome. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2005 Jan;47(1):35-8. Resumen

Ishizawa A, Oho S, Dodo H, et al. Cardiovascular abnormalities in Noonan syndrome: the clinical findings and treatments. Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1996 Feb;38(1):84-90. Resumen

Romano AA, Allanson JE, Dahlgren J, et al. Noonan syndrome: clinical features, diagnosis, and management guidelines. Pediatrics. 2010 Oct;126(4):746-59. Resumen

Raaijmakers R, Noordam C, Karagiannis G, et al. Response to growth hormone treatment and final height in Noonan syndrome in a large cohort of patients in the KIGS database. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Mar;21(3):267-73. Resumen

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