Keratitis, ichthyosis and deafness - a rare case of KID syndrome

KID syndrome is a triad of keratitis, ichthyosis and deafness. A 6-year-old girl born of nonconsanguineous marriage, presented with a history of photophobia and skin lesions since birth. No other family members had similar complaints. Child did not respond to verbal commands due to impaired hearing. Cutaneous examination revealed generalized ichthyosis. Ophthalmic examination revealed keratitis, corneal opacities and circumcorneal vascularisation. Brainstem-evoked response audiogram (BERA) showed severe neurosensory deafness. Thus our case had classical triad of keratitis, ichthyosis and deafness suggestive of KID syndrome with sporadic mode of inheritance. To the best of our knowledge till date, approximately 100 cases of KID syndrome have been reported in the literature.