Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome


  • inherited disorder
  • >10 variants

Clinical Features

  • skin
    • increased elasticity
    • velvety to touch
    • hyperextensible
    • recoils normally on stretching
    • easily injured
      • heals slowly with scarring
    • pseudotumours over elbows / knees (fat +/- calcification)
  • joints
    • hypermobile
  • blood vessels
    • increased fragility → easy bruising
  • eye
    • angioid streaks
 

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