Cooks syndrome: a case report and brief review

Pediatr Dermatol. 2013 Jul-Aug;30(4):e52-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01668.x. Epub 2012 Feb 13.

Abstract

Congenital anonychia is rare, particularly when all 10 toenails are absent. When anonychia is associated with absence of distal phalanges, a diagnosis of Cooks syndrome must be considered. We present a case and discussion of a patient with congenital anonychia, absent distal phalanges, and rudimentary hypoplastic middle phalanges and brachydactyly, consistent with Cooks syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Facies
  • Female
  • Fingers / abnormalities*
  • Fingers / diagnostic imaging
  • Fingers / pathology
  • Foot Deformities, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foot Deformities, Congenital / genetics
  • Foot Deformities, Congenital / pathology*
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / genetics
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Nails
  • Radiography

Supplementary concepts

  • Anonychia-onychodystrophy with hypoplasia or absence of distal phalanges