Koilonychia, dome-shaped epiphyses, and vertebral platyspondylia

Victoria Nguyen; Robert L Buka; Brandie Roberts; Marilyn Jones; Sheila Fallon Friedlander

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.03.042

Koilonychia, dome-shaped epiphyses, and vertebral platyspondylia

J Pediatr. 2005 Jul;147(1):112-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.03.042.

Authors

Victoria Nguyen¹, Robert L Buka, Brandie Roberts, Marilyn Jones, Sheila Fallon Friedlander

Affiliation

¹ Children's Hospital and Health Center, Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.

PMID: 16027708
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.03.042

Abstract

A 2.5-year-old girl presented with koilonychia since birth and was subsequently found to have dome-shaped femoral epiphyses and platyspondylia with anterior central tongues on a skeletal survey.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple* / diagnosis
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Femur Head / abnormalities*
Humans
Nail-Patella Syndrome / diagnosis
Nails, Malformed*
Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnosis
Spine / abnormalities*
Syndrome