Author/Authors :
Harjai, Rachit Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University - Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Hospital, India , Kachewar, Sushil Ghanshyam Deemed University - Rural Medical College, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), India
Title Of Article :
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva in an Adult Indian Male
Abstract :
Following its first description by Guy Patin in 1692 as a disease that turned a woman into wood, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva has maintained its low profile that too mainly in textbooks and rarely does one encounter a live walking individual affected by this entity. The hall marks of this deadly disease are the short size of only the big toes and uninhibited progressive ossification of soft tissues. It can have a sporadic occurrence or may even be inherited through autosomal dominant pattern and has a wide range of expression. A wrong clinical diagnosis exposes the patient to unnecessary surgical excision and even harmful radiotherapy.Hence a case of Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva in an adult Indian male is being reported here for the benefit of one and all.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Munchmeyer s disease , Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva , Calcifications , Short Big toes , Paraspinal ossification , Microdactyly , Synphalangism
JournalTitle :
Cukurova Medical Journal
