Langer-Giedion syndrome: the evolving imaging features in hands and beyond.
Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome (TRP) is a group of rare genetic disorders with characteristic clinical and radiological features. In this case report we discuss the evolution of imaging features in hands in a Chinese boy diagnosed with TRP II (Langer-Giedion syndrome, LGS). This article ramifies the diagnostic value of serial hand radiograph in clinically suspected cases of TRP.
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tuen Mun Hospital, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, tsang_k@yahoo.com.hk.
Wai Kan
WK
Tsang
Kwok Wai Michael
KW
Yang
Chi Ming
CM
Fong
D002675:Child, Preschool; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015826:Langer-Giedion Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013933:Thumb / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome