Open AccessEthmocephaly with amniotic band syndrome
Author(s) -
Gourab Das,
Sibnath Gayen,
Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay,
Debabrata Das
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
middle east african journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0975-1599
pISSN - 0974-9233
DOI - 10.4103/0974-9233.102769
Subject(s) - amniotic band syndrome , amniotic band , medicine , holoprosencephaly , anatomy , microphthalmos , fetus , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Ethmocephaly is the rarest form of holoprosencephaly, which occurs due to an incomplete cleavage of the forebrain. Clinically, the disease presents with a proboscis, hypotelorism, microphthalmos and malformed ears. Amniotic band syndrome is another rare congenital malformation with ring-like constriction bands in the limbs, head, face or trunk. We present a case of ethmocephaly with amniotic band syndrome, which is likely the first of its kind, published in the literature.