[Robinow's syndrome associated with deafness].
BACKGROUND
Robinow mesomelic dysplasia is an autosomal dominant or recessive condition that results is a flat facial profile, mesomelic shortening and frequent genital hypoplasia. This report describes a case with bilateral deafness.


METHODS
A boy was born at term to consanguineous parents who have no morphological abnormalities. The child's older brother and sister are normal. The patient was admitted at the age of 5 months because of abnormal features: enlarged skull with prominent forehead, flat facial profile, hypertelorism, small chin, shortening in the mesomelic segments of the limbs and genital hypoplasia without cryptorchidism. X-rays confirmed the mesomelic shortening and showed radial head dislocation and vertebral abnormalities. These abnormalities were more evident at the age of 2 1/2 years, when a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss was detected.


CONCLUSIONS
This case of Robinow has all the characteristic findings plus deafness. The parental consanguinity suggests that its inheritance is autosomal recessive.
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Service de Pédiatrie, Hôpital La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D003638:Deafness / Q000151:congenital*; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000151:congenital*; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005837:Genitalia, Male / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities; D013577:Syndrome
Syndrome de Robinow associé à une surdité.