title: Overlap syndrome: a diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: We report an interesting case of a young patient who came with a concern for missing teeth and lack of hair on scalp and body. Examination revealed complete absence of teeth, absence of eyebrows, eyelashes and hair over scalp. He was short-statured, had hyperextensible joints and hyperelastic skin, protuberant lips and many other anomalies such that the overall pattern of defects was not recognisable. A wide array of investigations involving the dental and medical faculties were done; however, the final diagnosis could not be reached, since it appeared to involve features of more than one syndrome, thus the name 'overlap syndrome'.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine, Diagnosis and Radiology, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University Dental College, Sangli, Maharashtra, India. thirty2creations@gmail.com
authors.forename: Kaushal Mahendra
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Sampada
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanitkar
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D000505:Alopecia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D003241:Consanguinity; D019465:Craniofacial Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005138:Eyebrows / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007593:Joint Instability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D009066:Mouth, Edentulous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D012868:Skin Abnormalities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D013577:Syndrome; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics; D055815:Young Adult