Fetal Hydantoin Syndrome: A Case Report
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Dermatology
- Vol. 6 (2) , 130-133
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-1470.1989.tb01011.x
Abstract
An infant with features of fetal hydantoin syndrome, born to an epileptic mother, was foilowed from birth to 20 months of age. Physical findings included gum hypertrophy, digitaiization of the thumbs, hypopiasia of the distal phalanges and nails, epicanthai folds, pseudohyperteiorism, epidermoid cyst, and geographic tongue. Available literature about the disorder is reviewed.Keywords
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