Abstract
—A new case of cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome is reported, with particular reference to the presence of typical lesions of _acanthosis nigricans_ in the axillae. The patient is a 17-year-old male presenting general features of mild mental retardation, anomalies in the craniofacial phenotype and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome With Acanthosis Nigricans
 
  Key words
 
 
  
   cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome
  
 
 
  
   
    acanthosis nigricans
   
  
 
 
  
   follicular hyperkeratosis
  
 
 
  
   ulerythema ophryogenes
  
 
 
  
   curly hair
  
 
Abstract
—A new case of cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome is reported, with particular reference to the presence of typical lesions of _acanthosis nigricans_ in the axillae.
The patient is a 17-year-old male presenting general features of <dis>mild mental retardation</dis>, anomalies in the craniofacial phenotype and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
At the cutaneous level, he presented disseminated follicular hyperkeratosis with cicatricial alopecia in the eyebrows, multiple pigmented nevi, acanthosis _nigricans_ in the axillae and curly hair.
Abstract
—A new case of cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome is reported, with particular reference to the presence of typical lesions of _acanthosis nigricans_ in the axillae.
The patient is a 17-year-old male presenting general features of mild mental retardation, anomalies in the craniofacial phenotype and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
At the cutaneous level, he presented disseminated follicular hyperkeratosis with cicatricial alopecia in the eyebrows, multiple pigmented nevi, acanthosis _nigricans_ in the axillae and curly hair.
Abstract
—A new case of cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome is reported, with particular reference to the presence of typical lesions of _acanthosis nigricans_ in the axillae. The patient is a 17-year-old male presenting general features of <dis>mild mental retardation</dis>, anomalies in the craniofacial phenotype and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
mild mental retardation
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