FRASER SYNDROME- A RARE CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Dr. Sunil Verma*, Dr. Rakesh Verma, Dr. Priyanka Soni, Dr. Preeti Yadav, Dr. Latika Pandey, Dr. Dixit Soni

ABSTRACT

A rare case of Fraser syndrome1 is being reported here in a 3 month old male child who presented to Ophthalmology department with cryptophthalmos (A rare congenital anomaly in which the skin is continuous over the eyeball with absence of eyelids), anophthalmos, craniofacial dysmorphism, pseudo-hypertelorism orofacial clefting, (cleft lip, cleft palate mental retardation. Based on the clinical profile, clinical diagnosis of Fraser syndrome was made. There are only few cases of Fraser syndrome reported in the literature. The case is being reported here for its rarity.

Keywords: Fraser syndrome, cryptophthalmos, craniofacial dysmorphism, orofacial clefting, pseudo-hypertelorism, mental retardation.