Open AccessSotos syndrome
Author(s) -
Akanksha Juneja,
Amina Sultan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.90741
Subject(s) - sotos syndrome , frontal bossing , hypertelorism , palpebral fissure , medicine , gigantism , dermatology , pediatrics , anatomy
Sotos syndrome is a well-defined childhood overgrowth syndrome characterized by pre- and postnatal overgrowth, developmental delay, advanced bone age, and a typical facial gestalt including macrodolichocephaly with frontal bossing, frontoparietal sparseness of hair, apparent hypertelorism, downslanting palpebral fissures, and facial flushing. This report presents a case of Sotos syndrome in a 5½-year-old child.
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