Ectodermal Dysplasia Presenting as Heat Exhaustion in an Adolescent Boy

Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia presenting as a pyrexia of undertermined origin in the neonatal period.

Leprosy presenting as unilateral foot drop in an immigrant boy.

This is a case report of a boy who presented with unilateral foot drop approximately 1 year after traumatic injury from skateboarding. Exploratory surgical operation was eventually performed, and histological examination of the surgical specimen revealed leprous peripheral neuropathy of the peroneal nerve. The patient had immigrated from Vietnam to the United States 3 years previously. The occu...

Osteopetrosis, lymphedema, anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, and immunodeficiency in a boy and incontinentia pigmenti in his mother.

A child with X-linked osteopetrosis, lymphedema, anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, and immunodeficiency (OL-EDA-ID) was recently reported. We report the clinical features of a second boy with this novel syndrome and his mother, who presented with signs of incontinentia pigmenti (IP). The child had mild osteopetrosis without neurosensory complications, unilateral lymphedema of the left leg, and c...

Congenital Ectodermal Dysplasia

Two cases of phenotypically similar ectodermal dysplasia characterised by reduction of hair, diminished sweat pores, missing teeth and somewhat cracked and abnormal skin were studied to understand the genetic basis of this disorder with the help of pedigrees. The mode of inheritance in one case was suggested to be x-linked where as in the other case it was autosomal recessive. (JPMA 35 225, 1985).

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia.

X linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia was studied in the dentition of both affected males and carrier females. Hypodontia was more severe in males than females and there were differences in the pattern of tooth absence between the sexes. Abnormal crown form, with the maximum diameter of the teeth being apically displaced, was noted particulady in the anterior teeth. Taurodontism was common...