Article
[Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (Beals-Hecht syndrome) associated with Brown's syndrome].
Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde - 1 May 2005
Fehlow P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We report what is probably the first report of an association between congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) and Brown's syndrome. CASE REPORT: A 7 (1/2)-year-old boy exhibited characteristic signs of CCA: multiple flexion contractures, marfanoid habitus and "crumpled" ears. In addition, the boy had Brown's syndrome. He had an up-gaze deficit and a slight down-shoot of the left eye in adduction....
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Brown-Sequard Syndrome
- Child
- Contracture
- Dilatation, Pathologic
- Fingers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Marfan Syndrome
- Rare Diseases