Benjamin Syndrome (or Benjamin anemia) is a type of multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation (MCA/MR) syndrome. It is characterized by hypochromic anemia with mental deficiency and various craniofacial and other anomalies.[1] It can also include heart murmur, dental caries and splenic tumors.[2]
It was first described in the medical literature in 1911.[3] Symptoms include megalocephaly, external ear deformities, dental caries, micromelia, hypoplastic bone deformities, hypogonadism, hypochromic anemia with occasional tumors, and mental retardation.[4]
Benjamin Syndrome should not be confused with Harry Benjamin syndrome which is a separate and unrelated term.
References
- ^ Firkin, Barry G.; Whitworth, Judith A. (2001). Dictionary of medical eponyms (2nd ed.). Informa Health Care. p. 30. ISBN 1850703337.
- ^ Bartolucci, Susan L; Stedman, Thomas Lathrop; Forbis, Pat (2005). Stedman's medical eponyms (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 63. ISBN 9780781754439.
- ^ Benjamin E (1911). Über eine selbständige Form der Anämie im frühen Kindersalter. Verh Deut Ges Kinderh, 1911,119-24.
- ^ Jablonski, Stanley (1991). Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes & eponymic diseases. Krieger Pub. Co. ISBN 9780894642241
External links
- Benjamin syndrome via National Library of Medicine.
- Anemia neonatal (Spanish)
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