Marfanoid syndrome, De Silva type
A rare syndromic intestinal malformation characterized by the association of marfanoid features (including marfanoid habitus severe myopia retinal detachment and mitral valve prolapse) with visceral diverticula (inguinal and/or femoral hernia and diverticula of the large and small bowel or urinary bladder). Some patients also had diaphragmatic eventration. There have been no further descriptions in the literature since 1996.
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Orphadata: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Available on http://www.orphadata.org. Data version April 2024
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