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metageria
Clinical manifestations:
- premature skin aging
- scaring of his fingers
- fibrosing contractures on the phalanges
- eunuch-like stature, bird-like face, exophthalmos
- bilateral posterior cataract
- hypogonadism
Laboratory:
- serum glucose, glucose tolerance test
- impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes mellitus
- uric acid in serum: hyperuricemia
- protein in urine proteinuria
Radiology:
- ankylosis & osteoporosis of the phalanges & carpals
General
progeroid syndrome
References
- Winkelspecht K1, Mahler V, Kiesewetter F.
[Metageria--clinical manifestations of a premature aging syndrome].
[Article in German]
Hautarzt. 1997 Sep;48(9):657-61
PMID: 9410852