[Melnick-Needles syndrome. Report of a case]

Pediatr Med Chir. 1998 Mar-Apr;20(2):149-52.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Melnick-Needles osteodisplasty is a X-linked dominant syndrome characterized by generalized bone dysplasia and abnormal facies. The Authors report on a 13 year old girl affected by severe valgus. At clinical examination the patient showed exophthalmos, full cheeks and micrognathia. Radiological examination revealed sclerosis of the skull base and mastoids, bowed radius and ulna (S-shaped), coxa valga and abnormal vertebral.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Facies
  • Female
  • Genes, Dominant
  • Humans
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / genetics*
  • Radiography
  • Radius / abnormalities
  • Radius / diagnostic imaging
  • Skull / abnormalities
  • Skull / diagnostic imaging
  • Syndrome
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / abnormalities
  • Thoracic Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Ulna / abnormalities
  • Ulna / diagnostic imaging
  • X Chromosome