CONGENITAL ANONYCHIA TOTALIS : A RARE OCCURRENCE IN A PAKISTANI FAMILY

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Saeed Bin Ayaz
Tanvir Ahmed Mujahid
Sumeera Matee
Fatima Ayaz

Abstract

Anonychia totalis is a rare disease characterized by complete absence of finger
and toe nails. Possible associations include anomalies of bones, teeth, skull,
hair, skin and sweat glands besides hearing and intelligence impairments. We
report here a 60-year-old woman with low back pain and tenderness at the
lumbosacral spine who was found to have complete absence of all nails, abnormal
teeth, dry skin and left ectropion. She was educated about the disease
and managed for the backache on rehabilitation guidelines. Gene mapping of
her whole family was planned, but she was lost to follow up. This case provides
evidence of the presence of this condition in Pakistani population. There is a
need for further investigation and pooling of cases to build clinical data about
phenotypes and the inheritance patterns of this disorder in our population.

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Ayaz SB, Mujahid TA, Matee S, Ayaz F. CONGENITAL ANONYCHIA TOTALIS : A RARE OCCURRENCE IN A PAKISTANI FAMILY. J Postgrad Med Inst [Internet]. 2017 Feb. 14 [cited 2024 Mar. 28];31(1). Available from: https://www.jpmi.org.pk/index.php/jpmi/article/view/2006
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Case Report
Author Biographies

Saeed Bin Ayaz, Combined Military Hospital, Okara 56300, Punjab, Pakistan

Head of the Department, Rehabilitation Medicine

Tanvir Ahmed Mujahid, Combined Military Hospital, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan

Department of Dermatology; Combined Military Hospital, Okara, Pakistan

Sumeera Matee, Armed Forces Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Resident Rehabilitation Medicine

Fatima Ayaz, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

Internee Medicine