Mietens syndrome
# Mietens syndrome

Mietens syndrome is a autosomal recessive disorder first described by Mietens and Weber. The condition is named after a German physician named Carl Mietens.

Only 9 cases have been reported.

## Symptoms and signs

* Intellectual disability
* Flat feet
* Crossed eyes
* Severe postnatal growth retardation
* Nystagmus
* Narrow nose
* Short forearm bones
* Absent proximal radial epiphyses
* Autosomal recessive inheritance
* Dislocated radial head
* Sclerocornea has been reported in this condition.

## History

In 1966, Carl Mietens and Helge Weber reported cases of four children, 3 sisters and 1 brother. Who suffered from a cluster of congenital anomalies and mental retardantion.

In 2006, two documented has been reported.

