Question
What are the treatments, causes, symptoms for deformity of the bone or tendon?  The reason I am asking is my son was born with deformed toe nails.  My son got sick 4 1/2 years ago, he now has some major medical problems that caused him to lose all of his mobility to walk and talk.  He is 8 years old now,we go through therapy and continuous doctors visits.  I was just wondering, if the deformed toe nails might be a symptom or a piece of the puzzle of what  is going on with him.  The doctors say that he is a very unusual case.  We think that he has some kind of syndrome, possible "Soto Syndrome" he has been testing for everything possible, to know availability.  I was just trying to cover all links here and the toe nail thing, that has always been on the back of my mind.  He also has a rare overgrowth that they can not pinpoint.  Thank you for any information that you may have.  Dawn

Answer
Dawn,

I'm sorry about the time you and you son are having.  I'm certainly no expert when it comes to diseases associated with nail disorders.  However, a few are listed below.  If I come across any other info.  I will pass it on.  I wish you luck.  My prayers are with you.

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome
Witkop箂 tooth-and nail syndrome
Weaver syndrome
Cronkhite-Canada Syndrome
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome
Malaria
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Collagen diseases
Paget's disease

Sincerely,

Marc Katz, DPM
Tampa, FL
Advanced Podiatry
http://www.theTampaPodiatrist.com
http://www.TampaCryosurgery.com