Haim–Munk syndrome

Haim–Munk syndrome
Other namesPalmoplantar keratoderma with periodontitis and arachnodactyly, acro-osteolysis and Cochin Jewish Syndrome
SpecialtyDermatology

Haim–Munk syndrome (also known as palmoplantar keratoderma with periodontitis and arachnodactyly, acro-osteolysis and Cochin Jewish syndrome) is a skin disease caused, like Papillon–Lefèvre syndrome, by a mutation in the cathepsin C gene. One of its features is thick curved finger and toenails.

It is named after Salim Haim and J. Munk, who first described the disease in 1965.

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