Webbed neck

Clinical feature consisting of a congenital skin fold on the sides of the neck From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Webbed neck

A webbed neck, or pterygium colli, is a congenital skin fold that runs along the sides of the neck down to the shoulders. There are many variants.

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Webbed neck
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Signs and symptoms

On babies, webbed neck may look like loose folds of skin on the neck. As the child grows, the skin may stretch out to look like there is little or no fold.[citation needed]

Associated conditions

It is a feature of Turner syndrome[1] (only found in girls) and Noonan syndrome,[2] as well as the rarer Klippel–Feil syndrome,[3] or Diamond–Blackfan anemia.[4]

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