[Keratoconus in Mulvihill-Smith syndrome].

BACKGROUND

The Mulvihill-Smith syndrome consists of a large number of stigmata. A few of them are also seen in the LEOPARD syndrome. In both syndromes keratoconus has not yet been reported.

PATIENT

We present a twenty-year-old male patient suffering from keratoconus in connection with a Mulvihill-Smith syndrome. A keratoplasty à chaud was done after perforation of the corneal ulcer.

CONCLUSION

As a major complication corneal graft rejection is known after keratoplasty à chaud. However, in our patient immunological graft failure may be prevented by the T-cell defect.