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Milder form of pachydermoperiostosis: a report of four cases
Katta Mohan Girisha1, Kausik Mandal, Shubha Rajendra Phadke
1Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India.
Clinical Dysmorphology
|March 24, 2009
Abstract:
Pachydermoperiostosis is known to occur in three distinct forms: complete, incomplete, and form fruste. We report four patients with clubbing and a cylindrical appearance of lower legs without pachydermia and periostosis. We believe that this represents a milder, but distinct subgroup of pachydermoperiostosis. One family showed probable autosomal recessive inheritance.
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