Macrocephaly/autism syndrome refers to a subset of individuals within the autism spectrum with extreme macrocephaly or head circumference more than two standard deviations above the mean. The association with mutations in PTEN was confirmed in 10-20% of cases with autism and macrocephaly.
Category
Congenital malformation
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
20 Developmental anomalies
Multiple developmental anomalies or syndromes
LD20 Syndromes with central nervous system anomalies as a major feature
H02723 Macrocephaly/autism syndrome
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Signal transduction
nt06530 PI3K signaling
H02723 Macrocephaly/autism syndrome