Wildervanck syndrome
Overview
A rare birth disorder involving hearing loss, fusion of vertebrae and eye movement abnormalities. A syndrome characterized by the combination of congenital deafness, Duane syndrome (eye retraction), and fusion of the neck vertebrae (Klippel-Feil anomaly). Wildervanck syndrome is limited, or almost completely limited, to females. The syndrome is probably due to polygenic inheritance with limitation to females and lethality for males.
Symptoms
* Eye movement problems * Skeletal abnormalities * Hearing impairment * Strabismus * Deafness