title: Cleft palate and keratoconus in a child affected by fetal alcohol syndrome: an accidental association?
abstract: This report describes the case of a 9-year-old girl affected by fetal alcohol syndrome who presented at birth with blepharophimosis and a cleft palate, which was submitted to surgery. She was referred to our hospital for a visual acuity reduction, where a diagnosis of keratoconus was made. This case highlights the rarity of the association between fetal alcohol syndrome and cleft palate and the previously unreported association involving fetal alcohol syndrome-keratoconus and cleft palate-keratoconus.
authors.affiliation: SC Oculistica, IRCCS, Burlo Garofolo di Trieste, italy. pensiero@burlo.trieste.it
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pensiero
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manna
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Michieletto
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Perissutti
mesh_terms: D001251:Astigmatism / Q000209:etiology; D016569:Blepharophimosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007640:Keratoconus / Q000209:etiology*; D009216:Myopia / Q000209:etiology; D011247:Pregnancy