Microphthalmia, Lenz type
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Summary
Lenz's micropthalmos is characterized by coloboma, microphthalmia (97% of cases) and cataract, or sometimes anophthalmia. Other associated signs include skeletal and/or digital abnormalities (97%) affecting the clavicles and thumbs (clinodactily), intellectual deficit and growth disorders (66%), microcephaly (55%), detached ears (53%), hollow palate and dental abnormalities (45%), renal hypoplasia (37%), cryptorchidism (34%), and congenital cardiopathy (8%). It is an X-linked inherited syndrome. Each disorder must be treated specifically. *Author: Dr O. Roche (July 2005)*.
Clinical signs
- Microphthalmos
- X-linked recessive inheritance
- Abnormal dental position
- Long/large ear
- Mental retardation(mild)
- Microcephaly
- Preauricular pits
- Preauricular tags
- Tooth shape anomaly
- Clavicle absent/abnormal
- Cleft palate
- Clinodactyly of fifth finger
- Clinodactyly of toes
- Congenital cardiac anomaly
- Ectopic/horseshoe/fused kidneys
- High vaulted/narrow palate
- Hypospadias/epispadias
- Increased body hair
- Kiphosis
- Late eruption of teeth
- Sacral sinus/dimple
- Scoliosis
- Short stature/dwarfism
- Simian crease
- Speech defect
- Squint/paresis of ocular muscles
- Syndactyly of toes
- Undescended/ectopic testes
- Ureteric anomalies(reflux/duplex system)
- Webbed neck
Update : 15/04/2007
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