A RARE CASE OF WAARDENBURG SYNDROME - CASE REPORT

Waardenburg syndrome is a rare disease characterized by sensorineural deafness associated with pigmentary anomalies and defects of neural crest derivative tissues. Waardenburg syndrome also known as Waardenburg Shah Syndrome , Waardenburg Klein syndrome , Mendes syndrome II , Van der Hoeve Halbertsma- Waardenburg syndrome.The frequency of Waardenburg syndrome is estimated to be 1 case per 212000 persons in general population but owing to low penetrance of about 20 the frequency of entire syndrome is approximately 1 in 42000.Children with Waardenburg syndrome have normal life expectancy .morbidity is due to eye disorders , deafness , mental retardation skeletal anomalies. The following article is a case report of Waardenburg syndrome which presented to our opd with eye manifestations