Waardenburg syndrome

Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is a disorder characterized by varying degrees of deafness and minor defects in structures arising from neural crest, including pigmentation anomalies of eyes, hair, and skin. WS is classified into four clinical and genetic phenotypes.

Poliosis

Circumscribed depigmentation of the hair of the head or the eyelashes.


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PMID (PMCID)
6791571
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A new method for telecanthus correction in Waardenburg syndrome.
Lessa S, Carreirao S.
Ann Plast Surg. 1981;6(6):482-90.
Waardenburg syndrome is characterized by lateral displacement of the medial canthi and lacrimal puncta, a broad nasal root, poliosis, heterochromia iridis, hyperplasia of the medial portion of the eyebrows, and congenital sensorineural deafness.