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"FONG DISEASE"

Also known as nail patella syndrome, it is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Associated with muscular hypoplasia, renal abnormal...


Also known as nail patella syndrome, it is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Associated with muscular hypoplasia, renal abnormalities and hypertension.
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•  Posterior iliac horns are pathognomonic
•  Hypoplastic patella
•  Scoliosis
•  Large parietal foramina of the skull
•  Hypoplastic radial head
•  11 rib pairs
•  Madelung deformity

Fong disease. Pelvis x-ray demonstrating bilateral posterior iliac horns, pathognomonic for Fong disease (white arrows).