| A rare neuro-ophthalmological disease characterized by severe microcephaly of prenatal onset (with diminutive anterior fontanel and sutural ridging), growth retardation, global developmental delay and intellectual disability (ranging from mild to profound), dysmorphic features (sloping forehead, micro/retrognathia, prominent ears) and visual impairments (including microphthalmia to anophthalmia, generalized retinopathy or multiple punched-out retinal lesions, retinal folds with retinal detachment, optic nerve hypoplasia, strabismus, nystagmus). Brain MRI may show reduced cortical size, cerebral hemispheres, corpus callosum, pachygyria, simplified gyral folding or normal pattern. Other associated features include epilepsy and neurological deficits. |
