Microcornea, glaucoma, and absent frontal sinuses | |
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Specialty | Medical genetics, Ophthalmology |
Causes | Genetic mutation |
Prevention | none |
Prognosis | Good |
Frequency | very rare, only 4 cases have been described in medical literature |
Deaths | - |
Microcornea, glaucoma, and absent frontal sinuses is a very rare developmental genetic disorder that occurs during embryogenesis which is characterized by a combination of microcornea, glaucoma and missing/underdeveloped sinuses. Additional findings include increased palmar skin thickness and torus palatinus. [1] [2] It has been described in four members of a 3-generation family from Boston, Massachusetts (1969). [3] [4] [5]
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Microcornea, glaucoma, and absent frontal sinuses | |
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Specialty | Medical genetics, Ophthalmology |
Causes | Genetic mutation |
Prevention | none |
Prognosis | Good |
Frequency | very rare, only 4 cases have been described in medical literature |
Deaths | - |
Microcornea, glaucoma, and absent frontal sinuses is a very rare developmental genetic disorder that occurs during embryogenesis which is characterized by a combination of microcornea, glaucoma and missing/underdeveloped sinuses. Additional findings include increased palmar skin thickness and torus palatinus. [1] [2] It has been described in four members of a 3-generation family from Boston, Massachusetts (1969). [3] [4] [5]
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link)