Association of type II Waardenburg syndrome with hypermetropic amblyopia

• Main Authors: Chua, Shee Wen, Safinaz Mohd Khialdin, Mushawiahti Mustapha, Norshamsiah Md Din, Yong, Meng Hsien
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology 2022
• Subjects: RE1-994 Ophthalmology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29140/1/Association%20of%20type%20II%20Waardenburg%20syndrome%20with%20hypermetropic%20amblyopia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29140/2/Association%20of%20type%20II%20Waardenburg%20syndrome%20with%20hypermetropic%20amblyopia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29140/; http://ies.ijo.cn/gjyken/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20220426&flag=1&journal_id=gjyken; https://doi.org/10.18240/ijo.2022.04.26

We present a case of hypermetropic amblyopia in type II Waardenburg syndrome (WS) to highlight the association. WS is an “oculo-dermato-auditif” dysplasia described in 1947 by Waardenburg and by Klein in 1950. It is distributed worldwide, with no predilection for race or gender. The prevalence is es...