Two sibs with anophthalmia and pulmonary hypoplasia (the Matthew-Wood syndrome)

Am J Med Genet. 1996 Mar 29;62(3):227-29. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960329)62:3<227::AID-AJMG5>3.0.CO;2-Q.

Abstract

We describe two sibs with pulmonary hypoplasia and anophthalmia; one also had a number of other malformations. Only one other broadly similar case could be found in the literature, and it was an isolated occurrence. The condition is named the Matthew-Wood syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Spontaneous
  • Adult
  • Anophthalmos / complications*
  • Anophthalmos / genetics
  • Anophthalmos / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lung / abnormalities*
  • Pregnancy