Biomaterial Database

Hypospadias-hypertelorism syndrome. 2000

J S Goraya, and A S Bawa, and S Bharti

Department of Pediatrics and General Surgery, Government Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh.

A young male child presented with hypospadias. Examination revealed additional anomalies including hypertelorism and upslanting of palpebral fissures, suggesting a diagnosis of hypospadias-hypertelorism syndrome. The case is reported because of its rarity and some unusual features.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006972	Hypertelorism	Abnormal increase in the interorbital distance due to overdevelopment of the lesser wings of the sphenoid.	Hypertelorisms
D007021	Hypospadias	A birth defect due to malformation of the URETHRA in which the urethral opening is below its normal location. In the male, the malformed urethra generally opens on the ventral surface of the PENIS or on the PERINEUM. In the female, the malformed urethral opening is in the VAGINA.	Hypospadia
D008297	Male		Males
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013577	Syndrome	A characteristic symptom complex.	Symptom Cluster,Cluster, Symptom,Clusters, Symptom,Symptom Clusters,Syndromes
D019066	Facies	The appearance of the face that is often characteristic of a disease or pathological condition, as the elfin facies of WILLIAMS SYNDROME or facies of DOWN SYNDROME. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)