Cerebral gigantism (Sotos' syndrome) and cataracts.
A five-year-old girl with cerebral gigantism (Sotos' syndrome) and cataracts is described. Sotos' syndrome, characterized by generalized gigantism with normal endocrine studies has rarely been reported with ocular abnormalities and never with cataracts. It is important to study any child with cataracts for systemic disease.
D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001835:Body Weight; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005877:Gigantism / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013577:Syndrome