Benjamin syndrome explained

Synonym:	Benjamin anemia

Benjamin syndrome is a type of multiple congenital anomaly/intellectual disability (MCA/MR) syndrome. It is characterized by hypochromic anemia with intellectual disability and various craniofacial and other anomalies.^[1] It can also include heart murmur, dental caries and splenic tumors.^[2]

It was first described in the medical literature in 1911.^[3] Symptoms include megalocephaly, external ear deformities, dental caries, micromelia, hypoplastic bone deformities, hypogonadism, hypochromic anemia with occasional tumors, and intellectual disability.^[4]

External links

• Benjamin syndrome via National Library of Medicine.

Notes and References

1. Book: Firkin . Barry G. . Whitworth . Judith A. . 2001 . 2nd . Dictionary of medical eponyms . Informa Health Care . 978-1-85070-333-4 . 30 . registration .
2. Book: Bartolucci . Susan L . Stedman, Thomas Lathrop . Forbis, Pat . 2005 . 2nd . Stedman's medical eponyms . . 978-0-7817-5443-9 . 63 .
3. Benjamin E (1911). Über eine selbständige Form der Anämie im frühen Kindersalter. Verh Deut Ges Kinderh, 1911,119-24.
4. Jablonski, Stanley (1991). Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes & eponymic diseases. Krieger Pub. Co.