Michelin tyre baby: a rare genodermatosis.
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چکیده
A 8-month-old female baby presented with cushingoid facies, with large skin folds involving the extremities and trunk since birth (Fig. 1). The child was born to healthy parents in a non-consanguineous marriage. The child weighed 8 kgs, was exclusively breast fed and developmentally normal and had no dysmorhic features. There was no history of similar complaints in other family members. Serum cortisol levels were normal. No abnormality was detected on abdominopelvic sonography.Skin biopsy revealed normal histology.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Indian pediatrics
دوره 50 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013