Abstract

Escobar Syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by multiple cutaneous webs limiting joint mobility, and congenital anomalies involving the head, neck, face, vertebrae and genitalia. Although autosomal recessive inheritance is the most common inheritance pattern, autosomal dominant and X-linked types have also been reported in literature. It is usually diagnosable at birth.We report here a female patient with absent eyebrows and eyelashes in addition to clinical picture according with Escobar syndrome. These features were not been reported in the literature before

Keywords: Escobar syndrome, web, absent eyebrow, absent eyelash

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Eker HK, Ceylaner S, Aycan Z. THE ABSENT EYEBROWS AND EYELASHES IN THE CASE WITH. Turk J Pediatr Dis [Internet]. 2012 Aug. 1 [cited 2025 May 24];6(2):101-5. Available from: https://turkjpediatrdis.org/article/view/181