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. 2014 Dec 5;29(3):443–444. doi: 10.1038/eye.2014.289

Table 2. Clinical data suggestive of marfanoid habitus while ruling out Marfan syndrome.

Features Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5
Height 176 cm 181 cm 179 cm 172 cm 175 cm
Hand length 20 cm 21 cm 22 cm 21 cm 21 cm
Foot length 27 cm 30 cm 28 cm 27 cm 28 cm
Arm span 184 cm 187 cm 185 cm 180 cm 184 cm
US: LS 0.84 0.86 0.84 0.81 0.84
High arched palate Present Present Present Present Present
Jaw deformity Absent Absent Present (overcrowded teeth, mild retrognathia) Absent Absent
Sternal deformties Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent
Wrist sign Present Present Present Present Present
Thumb sign Present Absent Absent Present Present
Scoliosis <200 <200 Absent Absent <200
Ectopia lentis Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent
Axial myopia Absent Absent Absent Absent Absent
Keratometric reading (flattest meridian) >41 D >41 D >41 D >41 D >41 D
Pulmonary/cardiac features None None None None None
Cutaneous features None None None None None

Skeletal features, cardiac features, pulmonary features, ocular features, and cutaneous features—none corresponding to Ghent criteria6 for diagnosis of Marfan syndrome. None of the features correspond to ‘revised Ghent nosology for the Marfan syndrome'.7