Benjamin syndrome

Benjamin syndrome
Other namesBenjamin anemia

Benjamin syndrome is a type of multiple congenital anomaly/intellectual disability syndrome. It is characterized by hypochromic anemia with intellectual disability and various craniofacial and other anomalies. It can also include heart murmur, dental caries and splenic tumors.

It was first described in the medical literature in 1911. Symptoms include megalocephaly, external ear deformities, dental caries, micromelia, hypoplastic bone deformities, hypogonadism, hypochromic anemia with occasional tumors, and intellectual disability.

References

  1. ↑ Firkin, Barry G.; Whitworth, Judith A. (2001). Dictionary of medical eponyms (2nd ed.). Informa Health Care. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-85070-333-4.
  2. ↑ Bartolucci, Susan L; Stedman, Thomas Lathrop; Forbis, Pat (2005). Stedman's medical eponyms (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9.
  3. ↑ Benjamin E (1911). Über eine selbständige Form der Anämie im frühen Kindersalter. Verh Deut Ges Kinderh, 1911,119-24.
  4. ↑ Jablonski, Stanley (1991). Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes & eponymic diseases. Krieger Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-89464-224-1