Anophthalmia plus syndrome

A very rare multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by the presence of anophthalmia or severe microphthalmia, cleft lip/palate, facial cleft and sacral neural tube defects, along with various additional anomalies including congenital glaucoma, iris coloboma, primary hyperplastic vitreous, hypertelorism, low-set ears, clinodactyly, choanal atresia/stenosis, dysgenesis of sacrum, tethering of spinal cord, syringomyelia, hypoplasia of corpus callosum, cerebral ventriculomegaly and endocrine abnormalities. An autosomal recessive inheritance has been suggested.

Anophthalmia

Absence of the globe or eyeball.


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PMID (PMCID)
25804017
FEMALE Infant, Newborn
Fryns anophthalmia-plus syndrome: two rare cases.
Bozkurt O, Bidev D, Sari FN, Dizdar EA, Ulu HO, Uras N, Oguz SS, Canpolat FE, Dilmen U.
Genet Couns. 2014;25(4):395-8.
Fryns anophthalmia-plus syndrome is a rare syndrome with clinical diversity primarily including anophthalmia/microphthalmia, facial clefts, cleft lip/palate, ear and nasal deformities.
18452356
MALE
Anophthalmia, cleft lip/palate, absent vomer bone, nystagmus, and mental-motor retardation: a new syndrome or Fryns "anophthalmia-plus" syndrome?
Ozcelik D, Saglam I, SIlan F, Sezen G, Unveren T.
Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2008;45(3):256-60.
Anophthalmia, cleft lip/palate, absent vomer bone, nystagmus, and mental-motor retardation: a new syndrome or Fryns "anophthalmia-plus" syndrome?