An extremely rare lethal autosomal recessive disorder characterized by massive birth weight, swollen globular body, generalized edema, short limbs, postaxial polydactyly, thick skin, facial dysmorphism (slanted palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, epicanthic folds, dysplastic ears), excessive connective tissue, renal dysplasia, and in some patients, organomegaly, craniosynostosis with acrocephaly, omphalocele, cleft palate, and cryptorchidism. Fewer than 10 cases have been reported to date.
Absence of melanin pigment in various areas, which is found at birth and is permanent. The lesions are known as leucoderma and are often found on the face, trunk, or limbs.
Griscelli syndrome without hemophagocytosis in an eleven-year-old girl: expanding the phenotypic spectrum of Rab27A mutations in humans.
Aksu G, Kutukculer N, Genel F, Vergin C, Omowaire B. Am J Med Genet A. 2003;116A(4):329-33.
Her clinical presentation was remarkable, mostly resembling partial albinism immunodeficiency/Elejalde syndrome due to her older age and absence of hemophagocytosis, but with molecular findings confirming Griscelli syndrome.
