BACKGROUND: @entity1 with @entity8018 show @entity2720 , and minimal @entity2318 . The disease has an incidence of 9-16% and the molecular defect that underlies this subtype is unknown. In order to widen diagnostic investigations in @entity8018 , skin and articular areas were studied by ultrasound (US) test. METHODS: Thirty-five @entity1 , 20 @entity1 and 15 @entity1 , aged from 18 to 25 years, with @entity8018 were enrolled in this study. @entity1 showed @entity2720 (35 cases), minimal @entity2318 (35 cases), and a few @entity12967 . Hypermobility of @entity2720 was studied by means of the Beighton scoring system and by a US test (performed by Sonora Logic 400 MD unit with 10 MHz probe). The following US parameters were considered: the distance of the intra-articular space and the thicknesses of the extensor tendon and of the overhanging dermis and subcutis. RESULT: US reports showed an increase in distance of the intra-articular space and a @entity924 and subcutis covering it. The dermis showed high and homogeneous echogenicity with irregular hyperechogenic lines. CONCLUSION: The Beighton scoring system, the US findings, and the aspect and diameter of the scars suggested that the disease can be divided into three different stages which allow the correlation, over progressive intervals of values, of the @entity16913 and @entity2318 . Our results showed that US test is able to confirm the clinical diagnosis and to evaluate the seriousness of @entity2720 .

XXXX : correlations among clinical signs, ultrasound, and histologic findings in a study of 35 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'men'] @entity12967 :: ('MESH:D051270', 'Disease') :: ['ice-pick acne scars'] @entity2318 :: ('MESH:D002921', 'Disease') :: ['atrophic wrinkled scars', 'atrophic scars'] @entity924 :: ('MESH:D052256', 'Disease') :: ['reduction in the thickness of the extensor tendon and of the dermis'] @entity16913 :: ('MESH:C535884', 'Disease') :: ['articular hypermobility'] @entity2720 :: ('MESH:D007592', 'Disease') :: ['phalangeal joints', 'hypermobile joints', 'hypermobile joints, luxation'] @entity8018 :: ('MESH:C536196', 'Disease') :: ['type III Ehlers-Danlos syndrome']
@entity8018 :: (MESH:C536196,Disease) :: ['Type III Ehlers-Danlos syndrome']
