Congenital isolated leukonychia

Congenital leukonychia totalis in two brothers.

Sir, was no known consanguinity in the reported family. For this Leukonychia, or white nails, is a common finding in nails of reason, the occurrence of white nails in the two brothers seems fingers or toes (1). It is a very heterogeneous condition, with to be an autosomal recessive segregation. There is only one many different causes. In a recent review, Grossmann & Scher case to our knowledge ...

Chemotherapy-induced leukonychia.

A 24-year old female patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was treated with the induction therapy of the GIMEMA ALL protocol based on vincristine, daunorubicin, asparaginase and prednisone. In the second month of therapy, she was found to have white bands on all her fingernails. There were two bands on each fingernail (Figure), but her toenails were not affected. It was observed that the tr...

Mycotic Leukonychia in HIV Patients

Isolated congenital maxillomandibular synechiae.

INTRODUCTION Congenital maxillomandibular syngnathia, or fusion of the jaws, is a rare condition that has a broad spectrum of presentations. The restricted mouth opening can lead to issues with feeding, swallowing, and respiration resulting in failure to thrive and temporomandibular joint ankylosis. Early recognition and treatment is necessary for proper growth and development. CASE REPORT We...

Isolated congenital mitral stenosis.

ISOLATED congenital mitral stenosis is an extremely rare condition. Only 8 cases have been reported in the literature, whereas 37 cases are recorded in association with other cardiac anomalies, such as patent ductus arteriosus, aortic stenosis, coarctation of the aorta, and aortic valve anomaly.' This paper describes 2 female infants, 4 months and 3 months old, respectively, with isolated conge...