Contemporary Clinical Dentistry (Jan 2013)

Pachyonychia congenita tarda: A rare case report

  • Ganapathi Moger,
  • M C Shashikanth,
  • K T Chandrashekar,
  • Sophia Kurein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.118374
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 3
pp. 409 – 411

Abstract

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Pachyonychia congenita is a rare, but well-characterized autosomal dominant disorder of keratinization. It usually begins within the first few months of life. Here, we are presenting a rare case, which started at the age of 10 years of life and is known as pachyonychia congenita tarda. The case is being reported for its rarer occurrence as the patient had oral leukokeratosis and angular cheilosis present in the same type of the syndrome (Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome), which is still uncommon.

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