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Microform holoprosencephaly

What is Microform holoprosencephaly?

A benign form of holoprosencephaly characterized by midline defects without the typical HPE defect in brain cleavage and which can variably manifest with microcephaly, hypotelorism, midline cleft lip and/or flat nose, choanal stenosis, pyriform sinus stenosis, coloboma as well as a single median maxillary incisor.

Other condition names

  • HPE, minor form
  • HPE-L
  • Holoprosencephaly, minor form
  • Holoprosencephaly-like
  • Microform HPE

Inheritance type

Multigenic/multifactorial

Age of Onset

  • Childhood
  • Infancy
  • Neonatal
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