J Korean Ophthalmol Soc.
1970 Dec;11(4):83-86.
A Case of Crouzon's Disease
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, Woo Sok University, Korea.
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Woo Sok University, Korea.
- 3Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Woo Sok University, Korea.
Abstract
- A case of Crouzon's disease, in spite of the relatively small number of cases reported until recently. The patient was 3years old male and hospitalized Woo-Sok University hospital 5 May, 1970. the appearance of the patient was striking type of facial deformity. There is a marked frontal boss forming a prominent bregmatic tumour, hooked nose, a small receding maxilla and a pronounced prognathism in wthich the teeth of the lower jaw protrude several centimetres beyond those of the upper. Proptosis and subnormal mentality was present, Cerebral decompression had been performed to the patient for his exophthalmos, it was aggreviated after the operation and thus enucleation was done finally.
