title: Waardenburg's syndrome: case reports in two Nigerians.
abstract: We saw two cases of Waardenburg's syndrome in Nigerian children. A 9-year-old girl had congenital deaf-mutism, high-arched palate, complete heterochromia iridis with pigment mottling in the posterior pole of the eye with the hypochromic iris, dyspigmented frontal scalp hair, a history of vitiligo, but with no dystopia canthorum. An 11-year-old boy had a harelip with cleft palate, heterochromia iridis, blonde fundus on the eye with blue iris, and dystopia canthorum.
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000150:complications*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000150:complications*; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications; D005127:Eye Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D014849:Waardenburg Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*