- Case Report
- A Case of Beals Syndrome
-
Sung Kee Park, Tae Woo Kim, Young Soo Baik, Chang Yeon Lee, Suk Kang, Moon Jib Yoo, Jae Hwy Lee, Moon Whan Im
-
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1992;35(2):282-285. Published online February 15, 1992
-
|
|
Beals syndrome, congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA), is an autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue sharing many of the clinical manifestations of Marfan's syndrome, characterized by congenital joint contractures, crumpled ears, arachnodactyly (dolichostenomelia), kyphoscoliosis, and autosomal dominant inheritance.
Differential diagnosis of CCA includes Marfan syndrome, Achard syndrome, homocystinuria, osteogenesis imperfecta, Stickler syndrome, and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. Especially, the major consideration is Marfan... |
-
-
|
