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Objectives: To analyze the clinical characteristics of patients with abnormal head posture (AHP) due to ocular causes and investigate the effect of treatment on the change in AHP.

Materials And Methods: Patients with AHP admitted to the strabismus unit of our clinic between 2011 and 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. The patients' clinical and demographic data and change in AHP after treatment were recorded.

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Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by oculocutaneous albinism and systemic complications, including bleeding tendencies. While 11 genes associated with HPS have been identified, cases of HPS5 remain exceedingly rare, particularly in Japan. Here, we report two Japanese patients with novel pathological HPS5 variants, expanding the genetic spectrum of this disorder.

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Pigmentation is orchestrated by hundreds of genes involved in cellular functions going from early developmental fate of pigment cells to melanin synthesis. The Two Pore Channel 2 (TPC2) a Ca2+ and Na+ channel acidifies melanosomal pH and thus inhibits pigmentation. A young patient was recently reported with generalized hypopigmentation but uneventful ocular examination, caused by the de novo heterozygous TPCN2 variant c.

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