Waardenburg syndrome type I- a rare case report

Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is an inherited autosomal dominant disorder characterized by varying degrees of hearing loss and pigmentary anomalies affecting the eye, hair, skin. It is a rare syndrome affecting about 1 in 42,000 individuals. We herein report a case of WS type I in an 8 day old neonate, which to the best knowledge of the authors is the youngest reported case in literature.