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THEODORE CORNBLEET, M.D.; JAMES R. WEBSTER, M.D.; DONALD P. MUSGRAVE, M.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1950;62(4):564-568.

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Turner¹ first described a curious syndrome, observed in 7 female patients, consisting of webbing of the neck, cubitus valgus and infantilism. Sharpey-Schafer² added a case, also in a female patient, of this triad and described the postmortem observations.

Recognition of webbing of the neck dates from 1883, when Kobylinski³ described it. Four cases were added by Frawley,⁴ all in females. Webbing occurs in the Klippel-Feil syndrome, also, apparently a commoner variety, but it is associated with synostosis of the cervical vertebrae with limitation of motion, and there is no infantilism. By these characteristics the Klippel-Feil syndrome is easily differentiated from Turner's. The cause of webbing is not known, but it has been thought to result from amniotic hands, to be a form of atavism or to be a developmental defect dating from the third month of fetal life, when the shoulders and head are in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Dermatology, Cook County Hospital.

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