Gottron's Acrogeria Syndrome: a case report.
- Author:
Byung Woo AHN
;
Sang Youp LEE
;
Chong Kwan KIM
;
Chan Hyup PARK
;
Yong Hi CHUNG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gottron's Acrogeria syndrome;
Rectus femoris;
fibrotic contracture
- MeSH:
Aging;
Aging, Premature;
Atrophy;
Contracture;
Humans;
Quadriceps Muscle;
Skin;
Young Adult
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1997;32(5):1380-1386
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Gottron's acrogeria syndrome is a rare genetic disease of unknown etiology with some features suggestive of accelerated aging. The typical clinical presentation consists of premature aging of the skin with atrophy of the cutis and the subcutis. After a brief review of the literature available on this syndrome, we report a case of Gottron s acrogeria syndrome in a 19 year-old man whose right rectus femoris muscle had a fibrotic contracture.
