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The horn: A pathognomonic feature of paediatric bone dysplasias
Author(s) -
SARTORIS D. J.,
RESNICK D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1987.tb00288.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pathognomonic , center (category theory) , medical library , administration (probate law) , library science , veterans affairs , citation , gerontology , family medicine , pathology , disease , chemistry , political science , computer science , law , crystallography
In conclusion, this brief communication has summarized two fascinating systemic syndromes with the unusual common feature of a pathognomonic radiographic sign. In osteo-onychodysostosis, characteristic osseous horns arise from the posterior iliac wings, whereas in Type IX Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, similar protuberances extend inferiorly from the occiput. Although both conditions are uncommon, an awareness of these horns as specific earmarks of each is important, since early diagnosis may allow preventive intervention for their serious potential complications later in life.