Congenital Anonychia with Ectrodactyly of 5th Finger.

Kim, Kook Hyun; Kim, Cheol Hann; Kang, Sang Gue; Tark, Min Sung

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2007;34(3):406-408.
Published online May 1, 2007.

Congenital Anonychia with Ectrodactyly of 5th Finger.

Kook Hyun Kim, Cheol Hann Kim, Sang Gue Kang, Min Sung Tark

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea. kchann@hanmail.net

Abstract

PURPOSE
Despite a high frequency of acquired nail disease, congenital absence of the nail, also called as anonychia, is a rare anomaly. It may be seen as an isolated of phalangeal bone(ectrodactyly), nail-patella syndrome, birth trauma, impaired peripheral circulation, alopecia areata, and pemphigus, idiopathic atrophy of the nail, bullous drug eruptions, periodic shedding, lichen planus, Stenvens-Johnson syndrome and so forth. METHODS: We have experienced a rare case of 40-day-old neonate, suffering from intrauterine growth retardation, but without familial history, chromosomal anomalies or any other diseases.
RESULTS
There was no nail on left 5th finger and distal phalangeal bone of same finger. So, We diagnosed as Congenital Anonychia with ectrodactyly of 5th Finger.
CONCLUSION
We report this case as congenital anonychia of 5th finger which have developed from underlying distal phalangeal ectrodactyly. We also review other reported cased in the literatures.

Keywords: Congenital anonychia; Ectrodactyly