Is survival enough for quality of life in Sagliker Syndrome-uglifying human face appearances in chronic kidney disease? (original) (raw)

Journal of nephrology

Abstract

It is known that secondary hyperparathyroidism (SH) and particularly skeletal changes is a severe condition in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Sagliker syndrome (SS) is a very prominent feature in CKD including uglifying human face appearances, short stature, extremely severe maxillary and mandibulary changes, soft tissues in the mouth, teeth-dental abnormalities, finger tip changes and severe psychological problems. In the last 8 years we have confronted 36 extremely incredible SS cases in CKD by performing an international study in Turkey, India, Malaysia, Romania and Egypt. In addition to the uglifying human face appearance, we found extremely severe X-ray and tomographical, pantomographical, histo-pathological changes in the head and whole body. Finally, we compared previous face pictures with recent ones. Just a few years earlier they had been pretty and good-looking young boys and girls. By investigating their history, we understood they had not received proper therapy and were ...

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