title: A rare case report of Ellis Van Creveld syndrome in an Indian patient and literature review.
abstract: Ellis Van Creveld syndrome (EVC) is a rare genetic disorder having autosomal recessive inheritance affecting the Amish population of Pennsylvania in USA with incidence of 1:244,000 for the general population. This syndrome consists of characteristic features such as bilateral postaxial polydactyly, chondroectodermal dysplasia, congenital heart defects and hypoplastic nails and teeth. There are few case reports of this syndrome reported in dental literature. We report a case of a 17 year old female presenting typical features of this syndrome and the oral findings of this patient which are the key diagnostic features.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, Yogita Dental College & Hospital, Khed, Ratnagiri 415 709, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Prashanth
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Derlakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Deepthi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shetty
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Derlakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Priyadarshana
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, AB Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Derlakatte, Mangalore 575018, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Smitha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhat
keywords: Chondroectodermal dysplasia; Ellis Van Creveld syndrome; Polydactyly