A presumptive case of Kindler syndrome with a new clinical finding.
Herein we present a 9-year-old boy with a constellation of clinical findings most consistent with Kindler syndrome, and report a new finding, severe corneal ectasia, which resulted in exposure keratitis requiring enucleation.
Satter
Elizabeth K
EK
San Diego Department of Dermatology and Pathology, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92134-2300, USA. elizabeth.satter@med.navy.mil
D001284:Atrophy; D001768:Blister / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000150:complications; D004483:Ectropion / Q000150:complications*; D005121:Extremities; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006801:Humans; D007645:Keratoderma, Palmoplantar / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D020795:Photophobia / Q000150:complications*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome