Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome): case reports.
Two Cape Coloured children, both with physical stigmata of Goltz syndrome, are described. Accurate diagnosis of congenital defects in the newborn allows optimal planning of surgical treatment and more accurate prognosis and genetic counselling.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D001284:Atrophy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000151:congenital*; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000151:congenital; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome