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Occult dysraphism presenting with acro‐osteolysis
Author(s) -
Gopinath Hima,
Valeti Meghana,
Karthikeyan Kaliaperumal
Publication year - 2018
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/pde.13490
Subject(s) - medicine , occult , stigmata , foot (prosody) , osteolysis , dermatology , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , archaeology , history , linguistics , philosophy
The skin and the nervous system share common embryologic origins. Cutaneous stigmata may be early clues to underlying occult spinal dysraphism. The delayed manifestations of spinal dysraphism may also involve the skin. We report a case of a 4‐year‐old child in whom acro‐osteolysis and cutaneous trophic changes on the right foot were the presenting features of occult dysraphism.