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Abstract
Pachydermoperiostosis is a rare hereditary disorder that is characterised by pachydermia (thickening of the facial skin and/or scalp), and periostosis (swelling of the periarticular tissue and a subperiosteal new bone formation). Other associated features are arthralgia, polyarthritis, clubbing, seborrhoea, hyperhidrosis, hypertrophic gastropathy, peptic ulcer and gyanecomastia. Eyelid ptosis which is caused by thickened eyelids (blepharoptosis) is a less common association. We are hereby reporting a patient with a complete form of Pachydermoperiostosis, wherein the presenting feature was bilateral ptosis.Entities:
Keywords: Blepharoptosis; Hyperhydrosis; Idiopathic hypertrophic osteoarthropathy; Pachydermia; Periostosis
Year: 2013 PMID: 23998090 PMCID: PMC3749660 DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6119.3185
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Diagn Res ISSN: 0973-709X