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Editor,—Linear naevus sebaceous syndrome, with its synonyms Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome,1 2 epidermal naevus syndrome, and Solomon syndrome, is a rare congenital and sporadic disorder without known familial aetiology. It includes deformities and dysplasias of the skin, eyes, brain, skeleton, and heart, such as a linear naevus sebaceous Jadassohn, mental retardation, convulsions, asymmetries of the cranial structures and dilated cerebral ventricles ipsilateral to the naevus.1-3 Ocular abnormalities described in patients with Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome are microphthalmia, colobomas of the eyelids, large optic nerve heads, and congenital teratomas or dermoids of the conjunctiva and cornea.4-6 The present study reports on an unusual association of Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome with an optic disc staphyloma and non-rhegmatogenous retinal detachment.
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A 38 year old male patient presented with retinal non-rhegmatogenous detachment extending from the optic disc to the ora serrata in the inferior nasal quadrant of his right eye. With the macula attached, central visual acuity measured 20/33 with a …