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Nail-Patella syndrome

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•AKA hereditary osteoonychodysplasia (HOOD)
•triangular lunula = pathognomonic
•uncommon, autosomal dominant
•interesting because involves abnormalities of ectodermal and mesodermal structure
◆in every case, the thumb nails are always involved and the most affected and the remaining nails, if involved, are progressively less damaged from index to little finger (hypoplastic nails)
•bilateral posterior iliac horns (another feature)
•Lester iris; absent patella
•mnemonic – these horns look like triangles and so do the lunula