Nail-patella syndrome with iliac horns and hereditary nephropathy. Necropsy report and anatomical dissection.

Abstract

1 . Necropsy and dissection findings of a man of fifty-two who died from nail-patella syndrome are recorded. 2. The significance of the iliac horns are discussed and the literature concerning their development is reviewed. 3. Other anomalies are reviewed and the incidence of hereditary nephropathy is discussed. 4. The genetic origin ofthe syndrome is outlined but the involvement of such varying tissues remains unexplained.