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. 2021 Nov;10(4):257–262. doi: 10.5582/irdr.2021.01113

Table 1. Summary of the major complications of Alström syndrome.

Items Complications
Endocrine Obesity and early onset diabetes mellitus
Short Stature
Hypogonadism and testicular fibrosis (in males)
Gynecomastia (in males)
Issues with menstruation (in females)
Poor breast development (in females)
Cardiovascular Dilated cardiomyopathy
Early onset coronary artery disease
Early onset Hypertension
Sensory Progressive vision loss
Progressive sensorineural hearing loss
Renal/Urinary End-stage renal disease
Renal cysts
Recurrent urinary tract infections
Hepatic Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Cirrhosis
Respiratory Recurrent respiratory tract infections