/aniridia-ptosis-intellectual disability-familial obesity syndrome

aniridia-ptosis-intellectual disability-familial obesity syndrome

Rare Disease

MONDO:0015198

Also Known As

aniridia - ptosis - intellectual disability - familial obesity

Definition

Aniridia - ptosis - intellectual disability - familial obesity is an extremely rare syndrome described in three members of a family (a mother and her two children) that is characterized by the association of various ocular abnormalities (partial or complete aniridia, ptosis, pendular nystagmus, corneal pannus, persistent pupillary membrane, lenticular opacities, foveal hypoplasia, and low visual acuity) with various systemic anomalies including intellectual disability and obesity in the two children, and alopecia, cardiac abnormalities, and frequent spontaneous abortion in the mother. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1986.