NAIL PATELLA SYNDROME

Course overview

NAIL PATELLA SYNDROME (NPS) IS A RARE MULTISYSTEMIC DISEASE WITH A CLASSIC CLINICAL TETRAD OF FINGERNAIL DYSPLASIA, HYPOPLASIA OR ABSENCE OF THE PATELLA, PRESENCE OF ILIAC HORNS, AND ELBOW DEFORMITIES. OCULAR, RENAL, AND NEUROLOGICAL INVOLVEMENT CAN OCCUR. THIS ACTIVITY DISCUSSES ITS GENETIC BASIS AND HISTORY, VARIOUS CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS, MULTIPLE TREATMENT STRATEGIES, AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM IN DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT.