We describe two sibs with pulmonary hypoplasia and anophthalmia; one also had a number of other malformations. Only one other broadly similar case could be found in the literature, and it was an isolated occurrence. The condition is named the Matthew‐Wood syndrome. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

We describe two sibs with pulmonary hypoplasia and anophthalmia; one also had a number of other malformations. Only one other broadly similar case could be found in the literature, and it was an isolated occurrence. The condition is named the Matthew-Wood syndrome.