title: Extensor-tendon hypoplasia and multiple pterygia: Escobar syndrome in a 7-year-old boy.
abstract: Escobar syndrome is a rare condition with autosomal-recessive inheritance, characterised by multiple pterygia, kyphoscoliosis, multiple joint contractures and craniofacial dysmorphisms. A number of other abnormalities are also attributed to the syndrome. Here, we present a case of isolated extrinsic extensor-tendon hypoplasia of the right index finger in a 7-year-old patient with Escobar syndrome. To our knowledge, this has not been previously described in connection with this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Burn Centre, University Hospital RWTH, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aslani
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kleiner
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Noah
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rudnik-Schöneborn
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pallua
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D019066:Facies; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008844:Micrognathism / Q000473:pathology; D009333:Neck / Q000002:abnormalities; D013577:Syndrome; D013710:Tendons / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery