Dr.VANGA HEMANTH REDDY
We report a case of 18 months old male referred to the ophthalmology OPD from the department of pediatrics with complaints of fever and anodontia. On examination of the child’s eye, cornea was lustreless, lens was cataractous, schirmers test measured 5mm and there was lack of tears. General examination of the child revealed soft, lightly pigmented, dry skin with generlised xerosis and rise of temperature, complete anodontia, sparse hair which is thin and light in colour, All these features are suggestive of ectodermal dysplasia. There was presence of similar deformity among one of his maternal uncle. The incidence of this condition is 1 in 1,00,000 births.It is a heterogenous group of inherited disorders in which there are abnormalities of two or more tissues derived from the embryonic ectoderm.
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