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Carpenter’s syndrome: A rare craniofacial dysmorphic syndrome

Authors :
Abrar Ahad Wani
Altaf Ali
AU Ramzan
Tanveer Iqbal Dar
Source :
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 76:972-972
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2009.

Abstract

Sir,We report a case of carpenter's syndrome in a child ofconsanguineous marriage. The child was having cleft lipand turricephaly, polydactyly in both hands, polydactylyand syndactyly in lower limbs. (Fig. 1). The patient wasevaluated with MRI. T1W axial view MRI was showingcortical atrophy, corpus callosum agenesis, and in sagitalview tower shaped skull, and ventricles seem to be singledue to cortical atrophy (Fig. 2). There was no cardiacanomaly on echocardiography.

Details

ISSN :
09737693 and 00195456
Volume :
76
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........187a6b33952fe71891dddaf827cdd117
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-009-0184-0