Jurenka S B, Van Allen M I
Provincial Institution for the Mentally Retarded, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
Am J Med Genet. 1996 Jan 11;61(2):168-70. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19960111)61:2<168::AID-AJMG13>3.0.CO;2-S.
In 1977 Harrod et al. [BD:OAS XIII (3B): 111-115] reported 2 brothers with an unusual syndrome of mental retardation, unusual facial appearance, large protruding ears, arachnodactyly, hypogenitalism, failure to thrive, and minor anomalies. We report on a 46-year-old man with striking resemblance to the children described by Harrod who also has secondary megacolon and varicose veins, suggesting a connective tissue disorder.