Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
  • Year: 2012
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 3

Aarskog Syndrome - A Rare Case Report

  • Author:
  • Suma M.S.1, Pramod G.V.2, Sujatha G.P.3, Ashok L.4, M.L. Kulkarni5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 225 to 229

1Postgraduate student, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital

2Reader, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital

3Professor, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital

4Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Radiology, Bapuji Dental College and Hospital

5Professor and Head, Department of Pediatries, Chigateri General Hospital, Davangere, Karnataka

Online published on 10 September, 2012.

Abstract

Aarskog syndrome is a rare X-linked inherited disorder characterized by short stature, multiple facial, dental, digital and urogenital abnormalities. Here is one such male patient aged 20 years who was short statured and had dysmorphic facies with lack of eruption of multiple permanent teeth. He also had shawl scrotum with low IQ. The clinical appearance was coinciding with most of the features suggested in Aarskog syndrome.