A Case of Pycnodysostosis.
- Author:
Soon Je LEE
1
;
Cheong Soong KIM
;
Won Jae PARK
;
Yung Jo KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, National Police Hospital, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Appetite;
Bone Density;
Bone Marrow;
Child;
Cranial Fontanelles;
Dwarfism;
Exophthalmos;
Female;
Humans;
Kidney Failure, Chronic;
Pycnodysostosis*;
Sutures
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
1977;20(4):298-302
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of pycnodysostosis in 12 years old girl was presented with a brief review ofliterature. This patient was admitted to our pediatric dept. of N.P.H. with chief complaints of loss of appetite and respiratory difficulty. She was characterized by a peculiar face with anterior bossing, exophthalmos, opened anterior fontanel and coronal suture and dwarfism. So bone series was performed and showed character of pycnodysostosis such as opened anterior fontanel and coronal suture, receding mandibular angle, inoreased bone density with narrowing bone marrow and acrcosteolytica on distal phalanx. But she died on the 25 th hospital day due to chronic renal failure.
