An unusual nail presentation in Marfan's syndrome.
Skin and nail lesions are very rare in Marfan's syndrome. We reported a 14-year-old boy who presented with pterygium in the nails of both the upper and lower limbs with chest deformity along with other features of Marfan's syndrome. Histopathological findings revealed hyperkeratosis with a scant perivascular inflammatory infiltrate. It was not clear whether this case is the first presentation of pterigium in Marfan's syndrome or congenital lichen planus. To our knowledge, this kind of feature is the first Marfan's syndrome case of its kind.
Nallegowda
Mallikarjuna
M
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Yadav
Shiva Lal
SL
Singh
Upinderpal
U
Singh
Manoj Kumar
MK
Tejaswi
Trilokraj
T
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009262:Nails / Q000473:pathology; D009264:Nails, Malformed / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology