Report of a further family with dominant deafness‐onychodystrophy (DDOD) syndrome

Deafness and onychodystrophy is a presumed autosomal dominant condition previously reported in five families. We report on a three-generation family with three affected members with absent finger and toenails, finger-like thumbs, and severe sensorineural deafness. In the hands, the first and fifth digits had absent nails and bulbous swelling of the distal phalanx. The second, third, and fourth digits were relatively spared. In the feet,there...