Cerebellar infarction in a patient with Waardenburg syndrome.

We report on the occurrence of a basilar artery embolism in a 9-year-old boy with Waardenburg syndrome type I. We examined eight other relatives and found that dystopia canthorum was present in six. One of these also had a lumbar meningomyelocele. According to descriptions provided by the grandmother of the propositus, nine other relatives were also affected.