RADIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS OF PROGERIA

-A CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE-

Abstract

A case of progeria in a 13-year-old Japanese boy with the chief complaint of loose tooth is presented in this paper.
Main radiographic findings of presented case were as follows; thin calvarium, hypoplastic facial bones including maxilla and madible, floating teeth, deformed teeth, thin short clavicles, slender long bones, protruding epiphysis, dislocation of radial head, coxa valga, pointed end of distal phalanges, and osteoporosis.
The above radiographic findings were compared with those in other reports.