Skin picking and Prader-Willi syndrome.
Keywords:
obesity, self-mutilation, acanthosis nigricans, hyperphagiaAbstract
We report the case of an 18 year old woman with Prader-Willi syndrome who had mental health and behavioral problems, such as skin-picking and compulsive behaviors, also obesity, hypogonadism, short stature, small hands, and “almondshaped” eyes. She had a history of hypotonia and a voracious appetite. The Prader-Willi syndrome is a rare congenital disorder, nonhereditary, that affects 1 in 10,000 to 25000 newborn children. This syndrome results from alterations in expression of paternal genes (imprinted) located on chromosome 15q11-13. It is characterized by hypotonia, development deficit, in the behavior disorders, obesity, insatiable appetite, hypogonadism, characteristic facies, short stature and cutaneous manifestations.
Author Biographies
Lucy García
Médica dermatóloga, M.Sc. en Ciencias Básicas Médicas; docente, Sección de Dermatología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Carolina Concha
Médica, residente tercer año, Sección de Dermatología, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
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