ABSTRACT
8 cases of Hallermann-streiff syndrome were found trom 1980 to 1988. Two of them had been followed up for 7 years. The patients consisted of 6 males and 2 females at 8-32 years of age. The clinical manifestations were as follows : ① dsycephaly with bird face and ; ② congenital cataract or aphakic in all cases; ③ dental anomaly in 7 cases; ④nanism in 4 cases and the fontanel frontalis (maior) of 1 casc (case 7, males 32 years of age, height 1. 23 m, weight 29. 5 kg) was not closed, ⑤ atrophy of skin in 7 cases whosc skin appeared shine and thin, particularly on the nose top, and one or two areas of alopecia appeared in 3 of 6 cases, ⑥ hypotrichosis in 8 cases and ⑦ bilateral microphthalmia in 6 cases. ① and ② were significant for the diagnosis of Hallemann-Streiff syndrome.