Retraction syndrome with posterior lenticonus.
A case of a 4-year-old child with retraction syndrome and an associated posterior lenticonus is presented. The lack of specific morphological chromosome abnormalities and of any disturbance of amino acid metabolism, in our case, suggests that the retraction syndrome, in nonhereditary types, is the result of dysgenesis during the middle of the third trimester of pregnancy.
D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003025:Clubfoot / Q000150:complications; D005133:Eye Movements; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007905:Lens Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D008297:Male; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013285:Strabismus / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome