Gunal-Seber-Basaran syndrome is an exceedingly rare presentation of multiple bone islands, i.e. osteopoikilosis. It is characterized by dacryocystitis due to lacrimal canal stenosis with osteopoikilosis 1-3. This syndrome has an autosomal dominant inheritance 2,3.
History and etymology
The combination of dacryocystitis with osteopoikilosis was first described in 1993 by three Turkish clinicians, two orthopedic surgeons, lzge Günal and SSeber, and a medical geneticist N Basaran2.
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2. Günal I, Seber S, Başaran N, Artan S, Günal K, Göktürk E. Dacryocystitis Associated with Osteopoikilosis. Clin Genet. 1993;44(4):211-3. doi:10.1111/j.1399-0004.1993.tb03882.x - Pubmed
3. Bedard T, Mohammed M, Serinelli S, Damron T. Atypical Enostoses—Series of Ten Cases and Literature Review. Medicina. 2020;56(10):534. doi:10.3390/medicina56100534