ACHOO Syndrome

ACHOO Syndrome (Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic
Outburst Syndrome; Photic Sneeze Reflex; Sneezing from Light Exposure;
Peroutka Sneeze)                                         12

General: Autosomal dominant; sneezing in response to bright light, especially sunlight; association between photic sneeze and nephropathic cystinosis has been reported.
Ocular: Photic sneeze reflex by sudden exposure of dark-adapted subject to bright light.
Clinical: Successive sneezing, as many as 43 in a row.

Collie WR, et al. ACHOO syndrome. Birth Defects 1978; 14:361-363.

Katz B. et al. Photic sneeze reflex in nephropathic cystinosis. Br J Ophthalmol 1990; 74:706-708.

McKusick VA. Mendelian inheritance in man, 12th ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.