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Serpentine fibula — polycystic kidney syndrome

A variant of the melnick-needles syndrome or a distinct entity?

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A 5-year-old girl is reported with small stature, unusual facial appearance, polycystickidneys and elongated curved fibulae as the most impressive radiographic finding. From the close similarity with another girl described recently and discrepancies between these two patients and others with Melnick-Needles syndrome it is assumed that they may present a separate hitherto unreported entity or syndrome.

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    G. U. Exner

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Exner, G.U. Serpentine fibula — polycystic kidney syndrome. Eur J Pediatr 147, 544–546 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00441987

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