Síndrome de Weill-Marchesani: afectación familiar / Weill-Marchesani's syndrome: familial involvement
Arch. Soc. Esp. Oftalmol
; 81(6): 349-352, jun. 2006. ilus
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Caso clínico Presentamos el caso clínico de unniño con talla baja, braquidactilia y braquimorfiaremitido a la consulta por baja visión. Se trata de uncaso de síndrome de Weill-Marchesani en una familiaen la que cuatro de los ocho hijos presentan esferofaquia,braquimorfia y braquidactilia.Discusión:
Existen pocos casos familiares del síndromede Weill-Marchesani reflejados en la literatura.Se han descrito patrones de herencia tantoautosómico dominante como recesivo. El papel deloftalmólogo en su diagnóstico y manejo es esencial,ya que la afectación oftalmológica es la más graveABSTRACT
Case report We report the case of a child short in ;;stature with brachydactyly and brachymorphy who ;;was referred to our office complaining of poor ;;vision. This was a case of Weill-Marchesanis syndrome ;;described in a family, in which four of the ;;eight children were affected by spherophakia, ;;brachymorphy and brachydactyly. ;;Discussion:
There are few familial cases of Weill- ;;Marchesanis syndrome reported in the literature. ;;Both autosomal dominant and recessive inheritances ;;have been described. The opththalmologist ;;plays a crucial role in its diagnosis and management, ;;since the ocular involvement is the most severe ;;one
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Main subject:
Abnormalities, Multiple
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Eye Abnormalities
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Lens, Crystalline
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Arch. Soc. Esp. Oftalmol
Year:
2006
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Lozano Blesa/España
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Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal/España