Rothmund, August von

Rothmund,

August von, German physician, 1830-1906. Rothmund syndrome - atrophy, pigmentation, and telangiectasia of the skin, usually with juvenile cataract, saddle nose, congenital bone defects, disturbance of hair growth and hypogonadism. Synonym(s): poikiloderma atrophicans and cataract; poikiloderma congenitale; Rothmund-Thomson syndromeRothmund-Thomson syndrome - Synonym(s): Rothmund syndrome