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Report of Two Cases, One in a Negro

LCDR John I. Lynch, MC; Lowell W. Perry, MD; Toshio Takakuwa, MD; Lewis P. Scott III, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1968;115(1):80-87.

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SINCE THE first full description of the syndrome by Ellis and van Creveld¹ in 1940, chondroectodermal dysplasia has been reported in at least 103 persons.^2-6 While the syndrome has been noted most frequently in whites,^2-6 only one instance has been reported in a Negro who also had congenital heart disease.⁷ McKusick et al³ referred to three Negro families with Ellis-van Creveld syndrome, but did not mention whether there was associated heart disease. The purpose of this paper is to report two new instances of the syndrome, one of these being the second example of Ellis-van Creveld syndrome associated with heart disease in a Negro, and to review the types of cardiac malformations associated with chondroectodermal dysplasia.

Report of Cases

CASE 1.—This Negro boy was born to a 20-year-old gravida I woman after a full-term uncomplicated pregnancy. His birth weight was 3,300 gm (7 lb 4 . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
USN; Washington, DC

From the Children's Hospital of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 25, 1967.

The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not represent those of the US Navy.

Reprint requests to US Naval Hospital, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md 20014 (Dr. Lynch).

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