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Seckel syndrome: report of a case.

[dentin dysplasia]

An interesting case of a seven years old boy with a combination of clinical, genetic, radiological, pathologic and dental findings is presented in view of Seckel syndrome literature. General appearance of the patient was characterized by small forehead, posteriorly slanted ears, slightly beaked nose, midfacial hypoplasia very stunted stature with microcephaly. He had borderline mental retardation with normal motor development. Class II dentoskeletal pattern with mild overjet and open bite, congenitally missing permanent teeth, microdontia, enamel hypoplasia, taurodontism and dentinal dysplasia was observed according to the clinical and radiographic examination. In conclusion, Seckel syndrome is not encountered routinely in dental clinics, this case illustrates the importance of dental care in such a rare condition.

Diseases presenting "mental retardation" symptom

  • achondroplasia
  • alexander disease
  • alpha-thalassemia
  • aniridia
  • aromatase deficiency
  • canavan disease
  • classical phenylketonuria
  • coats disease
  • cohen syndrome
  • cowden syndrome
  • cystinuria
  • dentin dysplasia
  • familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • kabuki syndrome
  • kallmann syndrome
  • lamellar ichthyosis
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • monosomy 21
  • phenylketonuria
  • primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  • proteus syndrome
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • sneddon syndrome
  • triple a syndrome
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
  • zellweger syndrome

This symptom has already been validated