BLEPHARO-CHEILO-DONTIC (BCD) SYNDROME - REPORT ON 4 NEW PATIENTS

We report on four Brazilian patients with, among other signs, cleft li p and palate, dental anomalies, ectropion of the lower eyelids, eurybl epharon, and lagophthalmia, Two were sporadic cases and two were famil ial cases, a mother and her equally affected son, Recently, the report s with different combination of these signs were reviewed by Gorlin et al, [1996; Am J Med Genet 65:109-112] and named blepharo-cheilo-donti c (BCD) syndrome, Variable expressivity and autosomal dominant inherit ance were observed. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.