Open AccessDyskeratosis congenita presenting with dysphagia
Author(s) -
Kalpana Gupta,
Swati Tripathi,
Nidheesh Agarwal,
Anurag Bareth
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian dermatology online journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-5673
pISSN - 2229-5178
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5178.185461
Subject(s) - dyskeratosis congenita , medicine , dysphagia , dermatology , disease , complaint , telomere , pathology , genetics , surgery , gene , biology , political science , law
Dyskeratosiscongenita (DKC) is a genetically heterogeneous disease of defective telomere maintenance that may demonstrate different patterns of inheritance. It is characterized by thetriad of dystrophy of the nails, leukokeratosis of the oral mucosa, and extensive net-like pigmentation of the skin. We report a case ofDKC who presented with a chief complaint of dysphagia.