title: Thrombocytopenia and absent radii (TAR) syndrome associated with bilateral congenital cataract: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Thrombocytopenia with absent radii is a rare congenital defect with hypomegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia and bilateral radial aplasia that may have additional anomalies. We report the case of a girl baby with thrombocytopenia and absent radii syndrome and bilateral congenital cataract. This anomaly has not been previously reported in the children of a non- consanguineous marriage.
  
  
  METHODS
  This case report describes a two-day-old girl baby of Arab origin with thrombocytopenia and absent radii syndrome and bilateral congenital cataract.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report describes a finding of bilateral congenital cataract associated with thrombocytopenia and absent radii syndrome that has been reported only once before in the literature. This case report highlights a new ocular manifestation in one of the bone marrow failure syndromes.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, No, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, Hunan, 410008, China. yf2323@hotmail.com.
authors: Ahmed
authors: A
authors: Omran
authors: Shaimaa
authors: S
authors: Sahmoud
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Peng
authors: Usman
authors: U
authors: Ashhab
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