Open AccessGoldenhar 's syndrome: case report
Author(s) -
AO Adeoye
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v79i9.9125
Subject(s) - goldenhar syndrome , medicine , hypoplasia , dysplasia , conjunctiva , surgery , dermatology , anatomy , pathology
A case of Goldenhar's Syndrome (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia) in a 3-day-old Nigerian neonate with right anophthalmos and lipodermoid, left limbal dermoid, bilateral preauricular appendages and mandibular hypoplasia is presented. The lipodermoid was attached to the tarsal conjunctiva of the lower lid of the anophthalmic side. The causative factor was presumably maternal drug (traditional medicine) ingestion at three months gestation. No similar case has been reported previously. The literature on Goldenhar's Syndrome is briefly reviewed.