Title
Ocular pterygium-Digital keloid dysplasia
Date Issued
01 November 2014
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Mellgren A.E.C.
Trubnykova M.
Haugen O.H.
Høvding G.
Tveit K.S.
Houge G.
Bredrup C.
Hennekam R.C.
Publisher(s)
Wiley-Liss Inc.
Abstract
We describe an adolescent Peruvian male with marked, aggressive ingrowth of conjunctiva (pterygium-like) over the cornea associated with keloid formation on his distal limbs. He has in addition camptodactyly of all fingers and to some extent of his toes, and unusual skin pigmentations. He resembles an earlier described family from Norway in which a mother and two children showed a similar combination of signs. We present the follow-up of the Norwegian family. The entity resembles the Penttinen syndrome but can be differentiated due to the early aging in the latter, which is lacking in the presently reported entity. We suggest naming this entity ocular pterygium-digital keloid dysplasia. The condition follows likely an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance.
Start page
2901
End page
2907
Volume
164
Issue
11
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oftalmología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84911443602
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
ISSN of the container
15524825
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