Orbital exenteration and periorbital skin cancers.

Purpose: Orbital exenteration is a disfiguring surgical procedure that requires thoughtful reconstruction.

Patients And Methods: We analyzed all cases of orbital exenteration done in our department since 1998.

Results: A total of 26 patients had undergone surgery during our study period, and 27 exenterations have been conducted since 1998.

Cleft palate and bilateral congenital cataract: a familial observation: a new syndrome?

We report a family with a rare association of congenital bilateral cataract and cleft palate that has not to our knowledge been previously reported. The lineage has unveiled abnormalities over four generations affecting 21 people with congenital bilateral cataract, with or without cleft palate. The transmission seems autosomal dominant.