title: Menkes disease: a rare cause of bilateral inguinal hernias.
abstract: This case of Menkes disease presented with the uncommon association of bilateral inguinal hernias at the age of 4 months. Further investigation demonstrated classical skeletal and neurological changes of this rare neurodegenerative disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Radiology, Royal Children's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. simone_mandelstam@rch.org.au
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Mandelstam
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fisher
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006552:Hernia, Inguinal / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D007706:Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*