Cross syndrome explained

Cross syndrome
Synonyms:	Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type^[1]

Cross syndrome (also known as "Cross–McKusick–Breen syndrome", "hypopigmentation and microphthalmia", and "oculocerebral-hypopigmentation syndrome") is an extremely rare disorder characterized by white skin, blond hair with yellow-gray metallic sheen, small eyes with cloudy corneas, jerky nystagmus, gingival fibromatosis and severe intellectual disability and physical retardation.^[2]

It was characterized in 1967.^[3]

See also

• Oculocerebrocutaneous syndrome
• List of cutaneous conditions

External links

• Web site: Cross' syndrome . Whonamedit? . none . 2023-03-10.

Notes and References

1. Web site: RESERVED . INSERM US14-- ALL RIGHTS . Orphanet: Oculocerebral hypopigmentation syndrome, Cross type . www.orpha.net . 19 April 2019 . en.
2. James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology. (10th ed.). Saunders. .
3. Cross HE, McKusick VA, Breen W . A new oculocerebral syndrome with hypopigmentation . J. Pediatr. . 70 . 3 . 398–406 . March 1967 . 4959856 . 10.1016/S0022-3476(67)80137-9.