The high-resolution chest CT findings in an adult with Melnick–Needles syndrome

Melnick–Needles syndrome is an X-linked dominant skeletal dysplasia in which patients often succumb at an early age to chronic pulmonary disease. Radiographic findings of Melnick–Needles syndrome consist of characteristic bony abnormalities and interstitial lung disease. We present the high-resolution computed tomographic (CT) findings in a 39-year-old survivor of Melnick–Needles syndrome. The clinical and physical exam findings also demonstrate an association between Melnick–Needles syndrome and obstructive sleep apnea.