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r. (A, B) Facial appearance of this case. Sparse eyebrows and scalp hair, saddle nose, low-set ears, pigmentation around eyes, dried skin, and thick lips are observed. (C-E) Sweat test of cubital fossa: (C) The result of the patient shows no discoloration, indicating that there are no sweat glands. (D) The patient's mother showed partial presence of sweat gland. (E) Normal control. (F) Radiograph of the mandible of patient shows loss of teeth. Only bilateral canine teeth are observed (arrows).
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On admission, he presented with extensive eczema all over the body with a SCORAD (SCORing Atopic Dermatitis) of 34.7, dry skin, sparse eyebrows and scalp hair, saddle nose, low-set ears, no teeth, and pigmentation around eyes (Fig. 1A, B). The sweat test revealed a total lack of sweat glands (Fig. 1C, D). Only bilateral canine teeth are observed (Fig. 1F). Based on the findings of partial tooth dysplasia in his mother (she had lost 8 teeth), we performed her sweat test (Fig. 1E).