Cross syndrome

Cross syndrome
Classification and external resources
Specialty endocrinology
ICD-10 E70.3 (ILDS E70.380)
OMIM 257800

Cross–McKusick–Breen syndrome (also known as "Cross syndrome," "Hypopigmentation and microphthalmia," and "Oculocerebral-hypopigmentation syndrome") is an extremely rare disorder characterized by white skin, blond hair with yellow-gray metallic sheen, small eyes with cloudy corneas, jerky nystagmus, gingival fibromatosis and severe mental and physical retardation.[1]:867–8

It was characterized in 1967.[2]

See also

References

  1. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
  2. Cross HE, McKusick VA, Breen W (March 1967). "A new oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation". J. Pediatr. 70 (3): 398–406. doi:10.1016/S0022-3476(67)80137-9. PMID 4959856.


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