Extensor-tendon hypoplasia and multiple pterygia: Escobar syndrome in a 7-year-old boy

Br J Plast Surg. 2002 Sep;55(6):516-9. doi: 10.1054/bjps.2002.3905.

Abstract

Escobar syndrome is a rare condition with autosomal-recessive inheritance, characterised by multiple pterygia, kyphoscoliosis, multiple joint contractures and craniofacial dysmorphisms. A number of other abnormalities are also attributed to the syndrome. Here, we present a case of isolated extrinsic extensor-tendon hypoplasia of the right index finger in a 7-year-old patient with Escobar syndrome. To our knowledge, this has not been previously described in connection with this syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple* / pathology
  • Child
  • Facies
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / pathology
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Micrognathism / pathology
  • Neck / abnormalities
  • Syndrome
  • Tendons / abnormalities*
  • Tendons / surgery