Volume 150, Number 4, 250-252, DOI: 10.1007/BF01955523

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The Floating-Harbor syndrome

F. Majewski and H. -G. Lenard

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Abstract

We describe the seventh patient with the Floating-Harbor syndrome. Similar to previous cases in the literature this girl presented with proportionate intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, normocephaly, triangular face with bulbous nose, long eyelashes, short upper lip, small vermilion border of upper lip, dorsally rotated ears, deep nuchal hair line, hirsutism, and clinodactyly of little fingers. She exhibited mental retardation and retarded speech development. Clinical symptoms and differential diagnosis of this rare syndrome are briefly discussed.

Key words  Floating-Harbor syndrome - IUGR - Bulbous nose - Retarded speech development

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