ADRENAL-TUMORS IN BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYND ROME - REPORT OF A CASE

Citation
K. Tliligraiess et al., ADRENAL-TUMORS IN BECKWITH-WIEDEMANN SYND ROME - REPORT OF A CASE, Journal de radiologie, 75(6-7), 1994, pp. 395-398
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
ISSN journal
02210363
Volume
75
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
395 - 398
Database
ISI
SICI code
0221-0363(1994)75:6-7<395:AIBSR->2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A case of a neonate with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrom is presented. Ante natal sonography detected a right adrenal cystic mass confirmed in pos tnatal which resolved spontaneously within 1 month. The child develope d an adrenal adenoma detected by abdominal sonography at six months of surveillance. The authors reveiw the different adrenal lesions possib ly associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrom and specially the pseudo -tumorous lesions. The value of abdominal sonography in the neonatal p eriods and in the surveillance of children with Beckwith-Wiedemann syn drom is emphasized.