title: Hajdu-Cheney syndrome: case report.
abstract: A case of Hajdu-Cheney syndrome with acro-osteolysis of the left hand, bizarrely shaped skull, early eruption of permanent teeth and ventricular septal defect is presented. Biochemical investigations revealed high levels of acid phosphatase. The child was treated routinely and the lower primary central incisors were extracted due to early lingual eruption of the permanent central incisors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Munshi
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D008334:Mandible / Q000002:abnormalities; D010015:Osteolysis, Essential / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000150:complications; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities; D014078:Tooth Eruption