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Congenital Insensitivity to Pain in Four Related Saudi Families
Author(s) -
Karkashan Eman M.,
Joharji Hanan S.,
AlHarbi Naffaa N.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1046/j.1525-1470.2002.00095.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pain sensation , disfigurement , sensation , pain perception , burning sensation , pediatrics , surgery , anesthesia , psychology , neuroscience
Congenital insensitivity to pain (hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy [HSAN] type V) is a rare disorder of pain perception in which pain sensation is absent from birth, with no other neurologic deficits. We report five Saudi patients (three male and two female) age 10 months to 23 years who lacked pain sensation from birth but have normal appreciation of other sensory modalities. They are from four related families who are descended from one grandfather. The patients had sustained many painless injuries resulting in fractures and disfigurement, but otherwise are completely normal.