J Dent Oral Biol | Volume 8, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access
Sandhya Kizhakke Neelamana
1Amrita School of Dentistry, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India
2Government Dental College, Trivandrum, India
*Correspondance to: Sandhya Kizhakke Neelamana
Fulltext PDFEllis-van Creveld syndrome is a rare genetic disorder. It was first described by Richard Ellis and Simon van Creveld in 1940. The orofacial manifestations include multiple gingivolabial musculofibrous frenula, dental anomalies, hypodontia and malocclusion. Chondrodysplasia, polydactyly, ectodermal dysplasia and congenital heart defects also has been reported. Here we report such a case in an Indian child.
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome; Dysplasia chondroectodermal; EVC1 and EVC2 genes
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome; Dysplasia chondroectodermal; EVC1 and EVC2 genes.