Multiple pterygium syndrome: case report

Multiple pterygium syndrome (MPS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by abnormal facial appearance and skin folds on antecubital, cervical, popliteal, neck and interdigital areas and flexor contractures of joints. In this article, a patient with MPS were presented and the clinical features were discussed in the light of the literature. A newborn who had ptergium in his interdigital areas, both hand and popliteal regions and multipl joint contracture was evaluated. This patient is the first case with multiple features of the MPS syndrome in the hospital.

Multiple Pterjium Sendromu: Olgu Sunumu

Multiple pterjium sendromu (MPS) anormal yüz görünümü ve antekübital, servikal, popliteal, interdigital alanlarda ve boyunda deri katlantıları, eklemlerde fleksiyon kontraktürü ile karakterize nadir konjenital bir bozukluktur. Bu yazıda, MPS’li bir hasta sunulmuş, klinik özellikleri literatür eşliğinde tartışılmıştır. Parmak aralarında, her iki el ve popliteal bölgesinde pterjiumlar, ve multipl eklem kontraktürleri olan bir yenidoğan değerlendirildi.