CASE REPORT
Sneddon's Syndrome: Unusual Features and Associations
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Department of Cardiology, Tameside
General Hospital, Tameside and Glossop
Foundation Trust, Fountain Street, Ashtonunder-
Lyne, OL6 9RW, United Kingdom
Publication date: 2011-07-11
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Abraheem Abraheem
Department of Cardiology, Tameside
General Hospital, Tameside and Glossop
Foundation Trust, Fountain Street, Ashtonunder-
Lyne, OL6 9RW, United Kingdom
Eur J Gen Med 2011;8(3):240-242
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ABSTRACT
A 43-year-old Caucasian female, with known 46XY chromosome pure
gonadal agenesis and systemic hypertension, presented with upper
motor neuron weakness of the right face and upper limb. She was
also noted to have livedo reticularis and advanced finger clubbing.
Left-sided cerebral infarction was confirmed on brain computed tomography
(CT) and, following further investigations, a diagnosis of
Sneddon’s s syndrome (SS) was made. Three years later, she went on
to develop adenocarcinoma of the right lung, which sadly claimed her
life within 4 months. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case
of SS in association with finger clubbing and pure gonadal agenesis.