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Menkes disease: a rare cause of bilateral inguinal hernias.

Mandelstam SA, Fisher R

Department of Paediatric Radiology, Royal Children's Hospital and University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. simone_mandelstam@rch.org.au

This case of Menkes disease presented with the uncommon association of bilateral inguinal hernias at the age of 4 months. Further investigation demonstrated classical skeletal and neurological changes of this rare neurodegenerative disorder.

Published 22 April 2005 in Australas Radiol, 49(2): 192-5.
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