INTESTINAL MALROTATION IN A CHILD WITH CARDIO-FACIO-CUTANEOUS SYNDROME

Authors
MCDANIEL CH FUJIMOTO A
Citation
Ch. Mcdaniel et A. Fujimoto, INTESTINAL MALROTATION IN A CHILD WITH CARDIO-FACIO-CUTANEOUS SYNDROME, American journal of medical genetics, 70(3), 1997, pp. 284-286
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
American journal of medical genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487299
Volume
70
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
284 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(1997)70:3<284:IMIACW>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We present a child with cardio-faciocutaneous (CFC) syndrome with inad equate weight gain due to inadequate food intake, After correction of hyperemesis due to intestinal malrotation, she continued to fall to fe ed due to poor suck reflex, A review documented digestive system findi ngs in 26 of 57 reported patients with CFC syndrome. Thus, digestive s ystem dysfunction and malformation may represent an additional manifes tation of the CFC syndrome. (C) 1997 wiley-Liss, Inc.