An Unusual Variant of Hallermann – Streiff Syndrome
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The cranial sutures have delayed ossification and fontanelles remain open for a long time and as a result brachycephaly occurs with frontal and parietal bossing and thin calvarium, facial bones are hypoplastic, small beaked nose with receeding, hypoplastic mouth and chin. Low-set ears, thin and light hair, hypotrichosis of scalp, eyebrows and eye lashes, micro-opthalmia with congenital cataract (total or incomplete in 90 % of cases), microstomia, high arched palate, hypoplasia and/or malimplantation of teeth and partial anodontia, micrognathia with hypoplasia of the rami and displacement of the tempero mandibular joint can occur. Nystagmus and squint are common with stiff joints, thin skin and many visible bloodvessels, stunted growth is common.
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