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. 2016 Dec 19;13(1):215–222. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2017.64720

Table I.

Clinical features in Noonan syndrome (from [1, 5, 18, 27])

Cardiovascular:
 PVS, aortic valvular stenosis (pulmonary hypertension = rarely)
 Secundum ASD, supravalvular pulmonary stenosis (aortic root dilation = rarely)
 HCM, bicuspid aortic valve (aortic dissection = rarely)
 Partial atrioventricular canal defect
 Mitral insufficiency
 VSD
Dental/oral:
 Articulation difficulty, high arched palate, malocclusion, micrognathia
Facial features:
 (Change with ages, see the text)
Ears:
 Hearing difficulties
Eyes:
 Ptosis, hypertelorism, nystagmus, strabismus, epicanthal folds
Gastrointestinal:
 Feeding difficulties (prolonged feeding time, recurrent vomiting, and reflux)
Genitourinary:
 Cryptorchidism, normal female fertility, males can have fertility problems, renal and kidney malformation
Growth:
 Failure to thrive and short stature in most patients, developmental delay, birth weight and length are normal
Hematological:
 Bleeding diathesis, thrombocytopenia, leukemia
Lymphatic:
 Lymphedema, lymphangiectasia
Neurological:
 Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, learning difficulties, central nervous system malformation, mild intellectual disability (in 33% of NS patients), speech difficulties
Skeletal:
 Spinal abnormality, pectus excavatum and/or carinatum, scoliosis
Skin and hairs:
 Hyperelastic skin, multiple lentigines, nevi, thick curly hair or thin sparse hair, low posterior hairline with webbed neck