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Popliteal pterygium syndrome (PPS) is an inherited condition affecting the face limbs and genitalia. The syndrome goes by a number of names including the popliteal web syndrome and more inclusively the facio-genito-popliteal syndrome. The term PPS was coined by Gorlin et al.. in 1968 on the basis of the most unusual anomaly the popliteal pterygium (a web behind the knee).