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.
Department of Ophthalmology, Dicle University Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey. icaca@dicle.edu.tr
Ihsan
I
Caça
Fatma Nur
FN
Caça
Yildirim Bayezit
YB
Sakalar
Seyfettin
S
Erdem
Fuat
F
Alakus
Suleyman
S
Ciftci
Eyüp
E
Dogan
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