title: [A case of Marfan's syndrome in a black African (author's transl)].
abstract: Marfan's syndrome seems not frequent in black population. A case observed in a 16 years african girl is reported. The morphologic ocular criteria were present: divergent strabismus, microphakia and luxation of the crystalline lens. In the absence of cardiac malformations, surgical treatment was underwent and brought the acuteness of vision from 1/10 to 5/10.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: A propos d'un cas de syndrome de Marfan chez un sujet de race noire.