Pachyonychia congenita: A rare genodermatosis

Pachyonychia congenita: A rare genodermatosis

Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare genodermatosis with only 450 cases reported since 1906. It is of two types, type I due to mutation in genes 6a and 16, and 6b and 17 in type II with an autosomal dominant inheritance in both types. A 22 yr old female patient presented in our OPD with hypertrophy...

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Main Authors: Puneet Agarwal, Mahendra K Chhaperwal, Apurva Singh, Arvind Verma, Manisha Nijhawan, Kishore Singh, Dinesh Mathur
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Indian Dermatology Online Journal
Subjects:
Nail hypertrophy
oral leukoplakia
palmoplantar keratoderma
Online Access:http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2013;volume=4;issue=3;spage=225;epage=227;aulast=Agarwal

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