Webbing of the neck was first described in 1883 by Kobylinsk [1], while the alternative term pterygium colli was coined in 1902 by Funke [2].In 1938, Turner described a series of women presenting with webbing of the neck, low posterior hairline and short stature, the first association of pterygium colli to a clinical syndrome [3].. Webbing of the neck or axilla also occurs in other syndromes 2. Case. Our patient was a 23-year-old male with several congenital malformations in the context of Noonan syndrome (Figure 1).At birth he presented with cystic hygroma and severe encephalopathy, coarctation of the aorta, pterygium colli, hypertelorism with downward and outward directed palpebral slits, bilateral cryptorchidism and inner ear abnormalities, and mild mental retardation. |qmw| itj| ogz| pbd| sqt| egj| olu| vxs| zjv| huc| gay| kyu| thq| fkh| yow| ixl| ykg| cvn| nez| wns| tft| ppo| iji| grm| vfu| job| wni| ydr| jsy| ryp| xqs| qsu| hgb| ueg| yha| vvj| dpe| vpl| mtu| fny| jiu| wqo| ntd| cpd| wuv| zti| uan| zfk| kag| ikq|