A Japanese male patient with 'fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia and oligodactyly': an additional case report.
We report a male infant with FATCO syndrome, an acronym for fibular aplasia, tibial campomelia, and oligosyndactyly. Courtens et al. reported an infant with oligosyndactyly of the left hand, complete absence of the right fibula, bowing of the right tibia, and absence of the right fifth metatarsal and phalanges. They noted 5 patients with similar clinical features, and proposed the FATCO syndrome. Our patient had a left-sided cleft lip, cleft palate, oligosyndactyly of the right hand and bilateral feet, and bilateral anterior bowing of the limbs associated with overlying skin dimpling. Radiographs showed a short angulated tibia with left fibular aplasia and right fibular hypoplasia. We consider our case the 6th patient with FATCO syndrome, and the cleft lip and palate, not reported in the previous 5 patients, may allow us to further understand the development of the extremities and facies.
Department of Pediatrics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Taichi
T
Kitaoka
Noriyuki
N
Namba
Ji Yoo
JY
Kim
Takuo
T
Kubota
Kohji
K
Miura
Yoko
Y
Miyoshi
Haruhiko
H
Hirai
Mikihiko
M
Kogo
Keiichi
K
Ozono
FATCO syndrome; cleft palate; tibial campomelia