A CASE OF PROGERIA SYNDROME TREATED AS VIP PATIENT
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS) - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Progeria is rare autosomal recessive genetic disease with an incidence of about one in eight million. He was 16 years old boy lying on the couch. He was short stature thin with minimal subcutaneous tissue, skin was thin and fragile with loss of hair over scalp, eyebrows and eyelashes, and his face was dismorphic with prominent eyes, beaked nose, small jaw and large cranium with visible veins over it. His voice was thin and high pitched. Overall, this gives them an extremely aged nearly 70 -80 years old man look. The patient was a known case of progeria syndrome and he was treated as a VIP patient by all faculty members and staff, though he belongs low socioeconomic status, no political issue with them. But still he was a VIP.
Authors and Affiliations
Seema Mahant| rofessor & Head, Department of Medicine, PCMS & RC, Bhopal, India, Corresponding author email: pdmahant@gmail.com, Mahant PD| Head, Dept. of Radiodiagnosis, RKDF Medical College, Bhopal, M.P., India, C. M. Reddy| Asstistant Professor, Dept of Paediatrics, Chirayu Medical College, Bhopal, M.P., India
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- DOI 10.5958/2319-5886.2014.00048.4
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