[Seckel syndrome report of a case and review of literature]

ABSTRACT

Seckel syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with a typical "bird-headed" appearance. It characterized by proportionate dwarfism, mental retardation, microcephaly, and growth retardation. In this article we introduce a 7-year-old girl with short stature, microcephaly and mental retardation. She had a characteristic face with receding forehead, prominent nose, micrognathia, low set ears, down slanting palpebral fissure.We believed, she suffers from Seckel Syndrome or bird-headed dwarfism syndrome