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Pathological Case of the Month
Dennis T. Costakos, MD;
Laureen A. Love, BSN;
Kevin Josephson, MS;
Gurbax Sekhon, PhD
From the Franciscan Skemp Health Care, Mayo Health System (Dr Costakos and Ms Love), La Crosse Regional Genetics (Mr Josephson), La Crosse, Wis; and the Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin (Dr Sekhon), Madison.
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1998;152:507-508.
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A 2.25-KG, symmetric, small for gestational age girl was born after an unremarkable pregnancy. In the delivery room, she required some stimulation, oxygen, and a few breaths of bag and mask ventilation with positive pressure. Her Apgar scores were 7 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes of life, respectively.
A physical examination showed that she has microcephaly, with a head circumference of 30.5 cm (Figure 1). She has up-slanting and narrow palpebral fissures, epicanthal folds, a broad nasal bridge, a small nose with a beaked tip, and malformed external ears (Figure 2). Findings from her cardiovascular examination were normal. She has disproportionately long fingers with fifth clinodactyly.
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Figure 1.
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Figure 2.
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Initially, she would not nipple feed. When she did nipple feed, she would intermittently become cyanotic.
The gross and histopathological . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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