Virchow-Seckel syndrome 2583271 172222470 2007-11-18T05:05:10Z 24.61.45.243 '''Virchow-Seckel syndrome''' (also known as '''bird-headed dwarfism''', [[Harper's syndrome]] or '''Seckel dwarfism''') is a syndrome of unknown [[etiology]], characterized by [[intrauterine]] growth retardation and postnatal [[dwarfism]] with a small [[head]], narrow [[bird]]-like face with a [[beak]]-like [[nose]], large eyes with an antimongoloid slant, receding [[mandible]], and mild [[mental retardation]]. It is very rare. The syndrome was named after [[Rudolf Virchow]] and Helmut Paul George Seckel (American physician, 1900–1960). ==See also== *[[Koo-Koo the Bird Girl]] {{disease-stub}} [[Category:Congenital disorders]] [[Category:Ailments of unknown etiology]]