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CUTIS GYRATUM, ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS AND OTHER CONGENITAL ANOMALIES A NEW SYNDROME
Author(s) -
BEARE J. M.,
DODGE J. A.,
NEVIN N. C.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1969.tb13975.x
Subject(s) - acanthosis nigricans , medicine , hypertelorism , cutis , dermatology , etiology , spinal osteoarthropathy , anatomy , pathology , insulin resistance , obesity
SUMMARY. A boy with a complex combination of physical features is reported. These include an unusual fades with hypertelorism, cutis gyratum, acanthosis nigricans, abnormal genitalia, cleft of the soft palate, bifid uvula, premature eruption of teeth, partial anodontia, retardation of bone growth and functional pyloric obstruction. These features are compared with those of leprechaunism, Seip's syndrome, and a case of “leprechaunism” in a male described by Patterson and Watkins (1962). The aetiology is unknown.