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Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan, Arjun Sivaraman, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy, Kanniraj Marimuthu. Nail patella syndrome: a rare cause of renal failure in a young adult. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2011;9:31 Key words: Renal failure, nail dysplasia, absent patella Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/9/31/full Received: 02/04/2011 - Accepted: 21/07/2011 - Published: 21/07/2011 © Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Nail patella syndrome: a rare cause of renal failure in a young adult
Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan1,&, Arjun Sivaraman2, Devasenathipathy Kandasamy3, Kanniraj Marimuthu4
1Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 2Department of Surgery, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India, 3Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, 4Department of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi, India
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Nagendra Boopathy Senguttuvan, Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Nail Patella Syndrome (NPS) is a rare hereditary disease affecting multiple systems with predominant involvement of Kidney, Bones and Nails and Eyes. We report a case of NPS which presented as renal failure in a 22 year old male. The patient was admitted with decreased urine output and features of fluid overload and was being evaluated for renal failure. Physical examination revealed associated bony deformities which raised the suspicion of NPS as a possible etiology. This was confirmed by the radiological evaluation which showed the classical features of NPS. Though NPS is a rare clinical condition, physicians should complete knowledge about the components of NPS for appropriate diagnosis and for early detection of other systems involvement.
