Table 1

Main clinical features of presently described individuals with Pierpont syndrome, including updates of the published patients 1 and 2,1 32 and 43

Patient123456Total
Age (years)2820125.71019
GenderMMMMFF4M/2F
Growth parameters at birth*
 Length (cm)45.7 (<P3)X50.0 (P50)48.5 (P10)43.0 (<P3)51 (P75)
 Weight (kg)3.0 (P25)3.62 (P50)2.64 (P10)2.95 (P25)2.43 (P3)2.95 (P25)
 OFC (cm)35.5 (P75)X33.8 (P25)32.0 (P5)28.0 (<P3)33 (P25)
Growth parameters at age (years)2718125.71018
 Height (cm)147 (<P3)147 (<P3)128 (<P3)100 (<P3)109 (<P3)144 (<P3)
 Weight (kg)36 (<P3)58 (P10)30 (P5)18 (P25)22 (<P3)40 (<P3)
 OFC (cm)53.5 (P10)44 (<P3)54 (P50)45.7 (<P3)43 (<P3)56 (P97)
Intellectual disability†++++++++++++6/6
Hypotonia+++++++6/6
Brain imagingAEV, CPA, EVA4/6
High anterior hairline++++++6/6
Narrow palpebral fissures+++++5/6
Microcornea‡+++3/6
Flat malae++++++6/6
Broad nasal ridge and tip++++++6/6
Smooth philtrum/thin vermillion++++++6/6
TeethWS, AEWSWSWS, AEWS, AEWS, AS6/6
Large ears++++++6/6
Hearing loss§+++++5/5
Scoliosis+++++++5/6
Short fingers/toes++++++6/6
Palmar/plantar grooves, pillowing++++++6/6
Marked foetal finger/toe pads++++++6/6
Subcalcaneal fat pads++++++6/6
  • *Centiles between brackets.

  • †+IQ 50–60 ++IQ 35–50 +++IQ <35 (IQ data from publications,1–3 formal testing in patient 5, and estimated in patient 6).

  • ‡Cornea diameter<10.0 mm.

  • §Hearing loss was evaluated by audiometry.

  • +, abnormality present; −, abnormality not present; A, central atrophy; AE, abnormal dental eruption; CP, choroid plexus papilloma; EV, enlarged ventricles; OFC, occipital frontal circumference; WS, widely spaced; X, no data available.