Hypertelorism, ptosis, and myopia associated with drug-resistant epilepsy, mental delay, growth deficiency, ectodermal defects, and osteopenia

Am J Med Genet A. 2004 Jun 1;127A(2):212-6. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20692.

Abstract

We report a 30-year-old woman with hypertelorism, ptosis, and myopia associated with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome), mental delay, growth deficiency, ectodermal defects, and osteopenia. To the best of our knowledge, this patient has an unusual combination of symptoms not previously described, associated with severe central nervous system dysfunction. The ectodermal defects were present in a very intriguing form, were difficult to diagnose, and did not conform to any classification or previous description.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blepharoptosis / complications
  • Bone Diseases, Metabolic / complications
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / complications
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / diagnosis
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / physiopathology*
  • Epilepsy / complications
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Growth Disorders / complications
  • Humans
  • Hypertelorism / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myopia / complications
  • Radiography
  • Skin / pathology
  • Spine / diagnostic imaging