A Rare Case of Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome in a Newborn

Kunze-Riehm syndrome also known as Michelin tire baby syndrome (MTBS) is a rare genetic condition with a characteristic generalized folding of excess skin. The diagnosis is usually made based on clinical symptoms. There are approximately only 30 cases reported in the literature and some cases were a...

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Autores principales: Ramphul, Kamleshun, Mejias, Stephanie G, Ramphul-Sicharam, Yogeshwaree
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Dermatology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29696100
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2222
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author Ramphul, Kamleshun
Mejias, Stephanie G
Ramphul-Sicharam, Yogeshwaree
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description Kunze-Riehm syndrome also known as Michelin tire baby syndrome (MTBS) is a rare genetic condition with a characteristic generalized folding of excess skin. The diagnosis is usually made based on clinical symptoms. There are approximately only 30 cases reported in the literature and some cases were associated with non-cutaneous anomalies as well. Herein, we report a case of MTBS in a five-day-old male of Iraqi origin.
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spelling pubmed-59149162018-04-25 A Rare Case of Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome in a Newborn Ramphul, Kamleshun Mejias, Stephanie G Ramphul-Sicharam, Yogeshwaree Cureus Dermatology Kunze-Riehm syndrome also known as Michelin tire baby syndrome (MTBS) is a rare genetic condition with a characteristic generalized folding of excess skin. The diagnosis is usually made based on clinical symptoms. There are approximately only 30 cases reported in the literature and some cases were associated with non-cutaneous anomalies as well. Herein, we report a case of MTBS in a five-day-old male of Iraqi origin. Cureus 2018-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC5914916/ /pubmed/29696100 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2222 Text en Copyright © 2018, Ramphul et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ramphul, Kamleshun
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A Rare Case of Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome in a Newborn
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title_short A Rare Case of Michelin Tire Baby Syndrome in a Newborn
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topic Dermatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5914916/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29696100
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2222
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