Unknown diagnosis in two male cousins with facial abnormalities, optic atrophy, abnormal EEG, and severe psychomotor retardation

Abstract

We report two male cousins with short stature, microcephaly, hypertelorism, optic atrophy, ptosis, absent ear lobes, high-arched palates, abnormal EEG, and severe mental retardation. Both cousins have consanguineous parents. Differential diagnoses are discussed and the possibility that we might be reporting on a new syndrome is raised.