Apert's syndrome: ophthalmic importance and clinical findings.
Apert's syndrome is a rare form of craniosynostosis that exhibits with many ocular manifestations. We present two cases of Apert's syndrome. Our first case is a 10-year-old girl admitted with exotropia, V pattern and proptosis on examination. Investigations revealed coronal craniosynostosis, cleft palate, vaginal atresia and syndactyly of the hands and feet. The second case is a 5-year-old boy presented with hypertelorism, exotropia, dissociated vertical deviation and proptosis. Investigations revealed coronal craniosynostosis, bifid uvula and syndactyly of the hands and feet.
Caça
Ihsan
I
Department of Ophthalmology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey. icaca@dicle.edu.tr
Caça
Fatma Nur
FN
Sakalar
Yildirim Bayezit
YB
Erdem
Seyfettin
S
Alakus
Fuat
F
Ciftci
Suleyman
S
Dogan
Eyüp
E
D000168:Acrocephalosyndactylia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005099:Exotropia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006972:Hypertelorism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male