Scalp defect associated with postaxial polydactyly: confirmation of a distinct entity with autosomal dominant inheritance.
The association of postaxial polydactyly type A and congenital scalp defect in a 15-year-old severely mentally retarded male confirms the previously reported suggestion that the combination of both anomalies represents a new distinct entity with autosomal dominant inheritance and variable expression.
D000293:Adolescent; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012535:Scalp / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013577:Syndrome; D014034:Toes / Q000002:abnormalities*