TRICHORHINOPHALANGEAL SYNDROME TYPE-I

A 32-year-old short statured woman with alopecia, typical facies, shor tened angulated fingers and toes with Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome t ype I (TRPS I) is reported. The absence of exostosis and mental retard ation rule out TRPS Ii. The absence of generalized shortness of all ph alanges, metacarpals and metatarsals distinguish it from TRPS III. Pos sibly the various types of Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome are genetica lly identical but have a varied clinical spectrum. (C) 1998 Elsevier S cience B.V. All rights reserved