title: Hypertrichosis terminalis, gingival hyperplasia, and a characteristic face: a new distinct entity.
abstract: Congenital generalized hypertrichosis terminalis has been described in association with other features as gingival hyperplasia, osteochondrodysplasia, and a dysmorphic face. Bondeson and Miles [1993: Am J Med Genet 47:198-212] described a woman with universal congenital hypertrichosis terminalis associated with gingival hyperplasia; the face of this patient was coarse and different from other forms of hypertrichosis described before. We present an 11-year, 6-month-old girl with universal congenital hypertrichosis terminalis, gingival hyperplasia, and a characteristic coarse face resembling the patient described by Bondeson and Miles [1993: Am J Med Genet 47:198-212]. We propose that this type of congenital generalized hypertrichosis terminalis, associated with gingival hyperplasia and a coarse face, is a distinctive new entity.
authors.affiliation: División de Genética, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González, México City, México. scanuns@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canún
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Guevara-Sanginés
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elvira-Morales
authors.forename: Ma del C
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Sierra-Romero
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Asbun
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005145:Face / Q000002:abnormalities*; D005260:Female; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006983:Hypertrichosis / Q000473:pathology*; D007223:Infant; D007621:Karyotyping