Online ISSN: 2515-8260

Rare Case Of Suspected Oro-Facial-Digital Syndrome In Adolescent Indian Siblings In A Tertiary Care Hospital In Western Maharashtra

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Nikita Ravindra Khot1 , Shiji Chalipat1 , Sanjay Chavan1 *, Meghna Khetan1 , Sharad Agarkhedkar

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Oro facial digital syndrome (OFDS) is a rare congenital disorder which includes a range of clinical anomalies, involving deformities of the oral cavity, face and limbs along with systemic features. The case is a 12-year old Indian girl who had the classical features of OFDS with sensorineural hearing loss and vertebral abnormalities. Interestingly, her younger sibling also had some of the peculiar features of OFDS. This case report highlights the importance of prudent clinical and radiological findings which aid in early diagnosis of unsuspected and rare conditions as learned in this case, as it may help improve quality of life of the patient.

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