Monday, October 30, 2006

ACL Syndrome

ACL Syndrome (Acromegaloid, Cutis Verticis Gyrata, Corneal Leukoma
Syndrome)                                              15

General: Autosomal dominant; rare; three features include cutis verticis, associated with acromegaly and corneal leukoma; onset by age I year.

Ocular: Bilateral corneal leukoma; keratitis.

Clinical: Unusually tall; large hands, feet, and chin; skin of hands very soft; skin of scalp lies in folds; frontal bosses; ear calcification; pituitary tumors; abnormal dermal ridge patterns; enlargement of supraorbital arch of frontal bone.

Antine BE, et al. Fibroma of the cornea. Arch Ophthalmol 1974; 91:278.

Kenyon KR. Mesenchymal dysgenesis in Peter anomaly, sclerocornea and congenital endothelial dystrophy. Exp Eye Res 1975; 21:124.

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