SCP-7341

(ClassicCon) Ultra-medical article about genetics and its stipulations.

Item #: SCP-7341

Object Class: Keter

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-7341-A is within public awareness under the guise of an uncommon but explainable birth defect. Foundation propaganda is to regress public impression of SCP-7341-A and similar defects to limit chances of SCP-7341-B and -C.

Knowledge and research into SCP-7341-B and -C is to be supressed in modern medicine. Cases of SCP-7341-B in civilian hospitals are to be disguised as errors in diagnosis and recordkeeping. Foundation research into SCP-7341-B has been put on halt; new patients are to be confined in standard humanoid containment chambers.

Individuals with SCP-7341-C must be acquired by the Foundation by all means, with any associated persons amnesticised or neutralized at discretion of acquisition team. Patients must be contained in sites specialized in parabiological research. Under ELEOS protocol, decommissioning requests are granted on a case-by-case basis and can be submitted semianually.

Detail: Hand of SCP-7341-B-(1E4).
Photo taken post-mortem.

Description: Genetic disorder. Causes severe abnormalities in connective tissue, notably malformations in bone structure and emergence of vestigial organs. Common vector of diagnosis is type-2 bilateral preaxial polydactyly¹ due to consistent manifestation across all cases.

Cause unknown. Mutations on the TBX5² and FBN2³ genes have been recorded in all advanced cases. Similarities with Marfan syndrome and Beals–Hecht syndrome have been drawn; no definitive connection.

Exhibits traits of autosomal dominant disorders with anomalous presentation pattern. If a parent has SCP-7341, offspring is guaranteed to present disorder with symptoms significantly more severe than genetically possible. Resolved into three subclasses based on symptom severity:

Class I (SCP-7341-A):

• 100–75%: two preaxial triphalangeal thumbs
• 75–50%: higher likelihood of cancer (leukemia, liver cancer); heart block
• 50–25%: short stature; anemia
• <25%: abnormalities in hemoglobin and bone marrow
• Life expectancy normal with proper treatment.

Class II (SCP-7341-B):

• 100–75%: three preaxial triphalangeal thumbs; arachnodactyly; hypermobility; nearsightedness; spontanous cyanosis⁴; hypersalivation; hyperhidrosis⁵
• 75–50%: spontaneous stretch marks on the skin; retinal detachment; dolichostenomelia⁶; hypodontia⁷; moderate cognitive impairment (selective mutism, visual impairment, anosognosia⁸)
• 50–25%: small or deformed ears; shoulder blade deformation; lesions in the inner ear; pectus carinatum⁹
• <25%: aniridia¹⁰; imperforate anus; seizures; aortic aneurysm¹¹
• Life expectancy est. 40 years with proper treatment.

Class III (SCP-7341-C):

• 100–75%: four preaxial triphalangeal thumbs; hydrocoagulation¹²; arachnopalamy¹³; oligodontia¹⁴; additional pair of eyes within the eyelids; additional pair of arms out of shoulder blades; intellectual disability; major cognitive disabilities (mutism, near-total visual impairment, various agnosia,¹⁵ frequent delirium)
• <25%: standard cognitive ability; hyperlacrimation¹⁶
• Life expectancy unknown; all expirations on record result of ELEOS protocol.¹⁷

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Footnotes

1. Incrementation of triphalangeal thumb (pictured).

2. Involved with forelimb and heart development.

3. Involved in early elastogenesis.

4. Decreased oxygen in blood; tissue acquires a purple hue.

5. Excessive sweating.

6. Abnormally long, thin limbs.

7. One to four missing teeth excluding the third molars (wisdom teeth)

8. Cognitive unawareness of one's own disability.

9. Abnormal protrusion of the sternum (breastbone).

10. Absence of the iris.

11. Enlargement of the aorta; high risk of aortic rupture.

12. Viscous, silky sweat.

13. Phalangeal metacarpals; absence of palms.

14. Majority of teeth missing; often only the canines remain.

15. Inability to process sensory information.

16. Permanent crying.

17. Ethically Licensed Euthanasia Opposed to Suffering.