CHOLELITHIASIS IN CERVICO-OCULO-ACOUSTIC (WILDERVANCKS) SYNDROME

An unusual case of cholelithiasis in an 18-month-old boy with cervico- oculo-acoustic (Wildervanck's) syndrome is presented. Our patient had Duane's retraction syndrome, Klippel-Feil anomaly and congenital deafn ess. To our knowledge this is the first case in which a probable assoc iation between cholelithiasis and Wildervanck's syndrome has been reco rded. On the other hand, the presence of mutual malformations and anom alies such as scoliosis, ventricular septal defect, ectopic kidney, hy drocephalus, hypoplastic thumb and growth retardation seems to suggest that Wildervanck's syndrome is a clinical variant of Klippel-Feil seq uence.