BONNEAU SYNDROME - A FURTHER CASE-REPORT

In 1983 Bonneau et al, described a French family with three successive children affected with complex congenital heart disease, polysyndacty ly and facial dysmorphism. This report describes two sibs with similar features in an Omani family. The first sib died from cyanotic congeni tal heart disease at 5 days. The second sib had a similar pattern of p olysyndactyly but did not have congenital heart disease. This child ha s had normal development. Although the parents are not cousins, they c ome from the same tribe and there is a possibility of more distant con sanguinity. It is suggested that the Bonneau syndrome may be autosomal recessive.