Filippi Syndrome: Report of a Rare Case
Lata Goyal1, Jagdish Prasad Goyal2, Bhanu Kiran Bhakhri2
1Senior Resident, Department of Dentistry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences , Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India .
Abstract:
Filippi syndrome is an autosomal recessive condition characterized by syndactyly of fingers and toes, microcephaly, growth retardation and abnormal facies. We are describing a boy who presented with syndactyly, mental retardation, microcephaly, depressed nasal bridge and growth retardation. In addition he had some dental abnormalities like missing bilateral lateral incisors and delayed eruption of teeth. We concluded it to be Filippi syndrome by studying pathognomic clinical features and reviewed the literature. This is the second case report from India.
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