Almost Unilateral Focal Dermal Hypoplasia

Almost Unilateral Focal Dermal Hypoplasia

Focal dermal hypoplasia, caused by mutations in PORCN, is an X-linked ectodermal dysplasia, also known as Goltz syndrome. Only seven cases of unilateral or almost unilateral focal dermal hypoplasia have been reported in the English literature and there have been no previously reported cases in the Republic of Korea. A 19-year-old female presented with scalp defects, skin lesions on the right le...

A novel mutation in the PORCN gene underlying a case of almost unilateral focal dermal hypoplasia.

BACKGROUND Focal dermal hypoplasia (also known as Goltz syndrome) is an X-linked dominant syndrome characterized by patchy hypoplastic skin with soft-tissue, skeletal, dental, and ocular defects that are secondary to mutations in the PORCN gene. To our knowledge, only 5 cases of focal dermal hypoplasia with unilateral presentation have been reported, and molecular studies were not performed in ...

Focal dermal hypoplasia.

Attention was drawn by Goltz, Peterson, Gorlin, and Ravits (1962) to a rare syndrome of multiple congenital defects affecting tissues of both mesodermal and ectodermal origin. The universal feature of their three initial cases was the skin abnormality, which consisted of areas of extremely thin or absent dermis, frequently with localized herniations of subcutaneous fat into the epidermis appear...

Focal dermal hypoplasia (Goltz syndrome)

The Gulf Journal of Dermatology and Venereology ABSTRACT Focal dermal hypoplasia (FDH) or Goltz syndrome is a rare genodermatosis, characterized by multiple abnormalities of ectodermal and mesodermal origin. We present an infant with focal dermal hypoplasia who, besides having a constellation of anomalies commonly encountered in patients with this syndrome, manifested additional unusual feature...

[Focal dermal hypoplasia. Goltz syndrome].