Melnick-Needles syndrome

J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 1978 Jul-Aug;15(4):226-30. doi: 10.3928/0191-3913-19780701-09.

Abstract

A 10-year-old female with a generalized bone dysplasia was found to have a rare condition, Melnick-Needles syndrome. Characteristic clinical features of this syndrome include exophthalmos, hypertelorism, micrognathia, malaligned teeth, and large ears in a person with multiple bone deformities. In addition to the usual characteristic clinical findings, sclerocornea and cornea plana were also present in this patient. This is the first case of Melnick-Needles syndrome reported in the ophthalmological literature and the first case reported with ophthalmological findings other than exophthalmos and strabismus.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
  • Bone and Bones / abnormalities*
  • Bone and Bones / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Clubfoot / complications
  • Cornea / abnormalities
  • Exophthalmos / complications
  • Eye Abnormalities*
  • Face
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / complications
  • Radiography
  • Sclera / abnormalities
  • Strabismus / complications*
  • Syndrome