A case of nail-patella syndrome associated with thyrotoxicosis.

ABSTRACT: Nail-patella syndrome, also known as hereditary onycho-osteodystrophy, is a rare autosomal dominant disorder with pleiotropic phenotypic expression.The present report is of a nail-patella syndrome patient, a 26-year-old female, admitted to our NeuroMuscular Rehabilitation Clinic Division for neurological symptoms, secondary to a severe spondylolysthesis with bilateral L5 pedicle fracture. During hospitalization, she was also diagnosed with mild thyrotoxicosis, but interestingly enough, the bone mineral density, assessed at multiple sites, was quasi-normal.

SUBMITTER: Haras B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3307073 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature