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Shim, Kim, Whang, Park, and Jung: Atypical Dermatoglyphics in Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome)
Case Report

Annals of Dermatology 1993; 5(1): 30-33.

Published online: 28 November 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5021/ad.1993.5.1.30

Atypical Dermatoglyphics in Trisomy 18 (Edwards Syndrome)

Duck Taik Shim, Young Keun Kim, Kyu Uang Whang, Young Lip Park, Hyun Jung

Copyright © The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology

Abstract

A 19 month old girl with trisomy 18 is described. She showed loose folds of skin about the neck, a prominent occiput, a simian crease on both palms, epicanthal folds, acrocephaly, micrognathia, and unusual dermatologic features including total alopecia and no finger prints on either hands.
Because of the simian crease on both palms, dermatoglyphics of both hands and total alopecia, a skin biopsy from the scalp and a chromosomal study were established at age 19-months, and an absence of hair follicles was observed, while peripheral blood lymphocytes demonstrated 47, XX, 4-18.
To our knowledge, this would be the first recorded report on the dermatoglyphic pattern of Edwards syndrome in a Korean journal of dermatology.

Keywords: Dermatoglyphics, total alopecia, trisomy 18

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