Congenital conductive hearing loss in the lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome.

Abstract

An inherited middle ear anomaly that was causing hearing impairment in a 12-year-old girl was treated successfully by a stapedotomy combined with a malleovestibulopexy. Cup-shaped ears, abnormal or absent thumbs, and skeletal deformities of the forearms were present in several members of 3 generations of a family. An autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance was recognized. These features are present in a number of previously described syndromes, but they correspond best with the lacrimoauriculodentodigital syndrome.

• Authors: R J Ensink, C W Cremers, H G Brunner
• Journal: Archives of otolaryngology--head & neck surgery (Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg) Vol. 123 Issue 1 Pg. 97-9 (Jan 1997) ISSN: 0886-4470 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9006512 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Abnormalities, Multiple
• Child
• Ear Ossicles (surgery)
• Female
• Hearing Loss, Conductive (congenital, surgery)
• Humans
• Syndrome