CONGENITAL ANOM MICROCEPHALY WITH HIATUS HERNIA AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN 2 SIBS
CONGENITAL ANOM MICROCEPHALY WITH HIATUS HERNIA AND NEPHROTIC SYNDROME IN 2 SIBS
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DOI:
10.1136/jmg.5.4.319
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
MOWAT A P
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作者:
GALLOWAY W H;MOWAT A P
Case 1. Their first child, a boy, was born on October 1956, the father then being 23 years old, the mother 21 years old. Pregnancy and delivery were un-complicated though the mother had had an x-ray of the pelvis for suspected disproportion in late pregnancy. At birth the child weighed 3015 g.(6 lb. 10 oz.) and showed no features of prematurity, in spite of a stated gestation of 34 weeks. Conception antedatedmarriage. The placenta weighed 630 g.(1 lb. 6 oz.). In the first week of life, the infant developed diarrhoea with pyuria and proteinuria. Sulphadimidine was prescribed for one week and these features settled. Frequent vomiting occurred from the second week of life. At 3 months of age a large hiatus hernia was shown radiologically. The head circumference at that time was 35 cm. He was admitted to hospital at 9 months because of refusal to feed. The child had shown little interest in his surroundings, had little head control, and couldnot sit up. The main abnormal findings then were micro-cephaly (head circumference 38 cm.) and poor motor development, withgeneralized hypotonia and no purposeful movements. The skull was peculiarly shaped, the forehead was receding, and from prominent ridges above the ears the lateral aspects sloped towards a flat vertex. Radiological examination showed a degree of platybasia. There was pitting dependent oedemaand massive proteinuria. The serum cholesterol was 220 mg., the serum proteins showing diminished albumin and y-globulin with raised a2-globulins. There was no