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[Melnick-Needles syndrome. Report of a case]
F Greco1, L Mauceri, M Finocchiaro
1Divisione di Neurologia Pediatrica, Università degli Studi di Catania, Italia.
Abstract:
Melnick-Needles osteodisplasty is a X-linked dominant syndrome characterized by generalized bone dysplasia and abnormal facies. The Authors report on a 13 year old girl affected by severe valgus. At clinical examination the patient showed exophthalmos, full cheeks and micrognathia. Radiological examination revealed sclerosis of the skull base and mastoids, bowed radius and ulna (S-shaped), coxa valga and abnormal vertebral.