title: Weill- Marchesani syndrome: a rare case report.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the presenting features of Weill-Marchesani syndrome
  
  
  METHODS
  A 22-year-old man presented with high myopia and progressive visual disturbance. He was of short stature and had brachydactyly. His initial Snellen best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 6/24 in his right eye and 6/12 in his left eye. Slit lamp examination revealed a sub-luxated micro-spherophakic lens. The patient was diagnosed with Weill-Marchesani syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Weill-Marchesani syndrome can present wwith progressive myopia in a person of short stature and brachydactyly.
authors.affiliation: Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital, Lahan, Nepal. drlila_raj@yahoo.com
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aryal
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007906:Lens Subluxation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009216:Myopia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D014792:Visual Acuity; D056846:Weill-Marchesani Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult