Abstract
A premature female infant had the characteristic features of the median cleft face syndrome in association with holoprosencephaly, agenesis of the corpus callosum, hydrocephalus and choanal atresia. Whereas the nervous system is rarely affected in patients with the median cleft face syndrome, severe mental retardation has been reported in three previously published cases and is suggested in our own patient. All had an associated agenesis of the corpus callosum.
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Abbreviations
- MCF-S:
-
median cleft face syndrome
- FND:
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frontonasal dysplasia
- CSF:
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cerebrospinal fluid
- ICD:
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inner canthal distance
- OCD:
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outer canthal distance
- CI:
-
canthal index
- IPD:
-
inter-pupillary distance
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. G. Schellong on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Bömelburg, T., Lenz, W. & Eusterbrock, T. Median cleft face syndrome in association with hydrocephalus, agenesis of the corpus callosum, holoprosencephaly and choanal atresia. Eur J Pediatr 146, 301–302 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00716480
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