Occurrence of cyclopia, myelomeningocele, deafness, and abducens paralysis in siblings

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As holoprosencephaly without chromosome defect may be associated with other CNS‐related anomalies such as mental retardation, mental illness, facial paralysis, endocrine disorders, deafness, spina bifida, and myelomeningocele, we present a family in which one girl had a myelomeningocele, a brother had orbital hypotelorism, facial and cerebral asymmetries, cerebral palsy, abducens paralysis, and inner ear deafness. A 3rd pregnancy was terminated at 16 weeks; the fetus had cyclopia. A common cause is discussed in these cases and in those families in which holoprosencephaly and additional malformations occur among different generations.

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