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Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Nanda Arti,
Kaur Surrinder,
Bhakoo Omkar N.,
Kapoor Madan M.,
Kanwar Amrinder J.
Publication year - 1989
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 - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1989.tb01011.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hydantoin , fetus , dermatology , pediatrics , pregnancy , genetics , biochemistry , chemistry , biology
An infant with features of fetal hydantoin syndrome, born to an epileptic mother, was foilowed from birth to 20 months of age. Physical findings included gum hypertrophy, digitaiization of the thumbs, hypopiasia of the distal phalanges and nails, epicanthai folds, pseudohyperteiorism, epidermoid cyst, and geographic tongue. Available literature about the disorder is reviewed.