Adams-Oliver syndrome with unusual central nervous system findings and an extrahepatic portosystemic shunt

We report a case of a premature neonate girl with scalp and skull defects and brachydactyly of the feet consistent with an Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS). The patient had central nervous system abnormalities, such as periventricular calcifications, hypoplastic corpus callosum, and bilateral hemispheric...

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Main Authors: Carlos Pérez-García, Yolanda Ruíz Martín, Alejandra Aguado del Hoyo, Carlos Marín Rodríguez, Minia Campos Domínguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Pediatric Reports
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Online Access:http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/pr/article/view/7211
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Summary:We report a case of a premature neonate girl with scalp and skull defects and brachydactyly of the feet consistent with an Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS). The patient had central nervous system abnormalities, such as periventricular calcifications, hypoplastic corpus callosum, and bilateral hemispheric corticosubcortical hemorrhagic lesions. A muscular ventricular septal defect and a portosystemic shunt were diagnosed. To our knowledge, this is the first report of congenital supratentorial grey-white matter junction lesions without dural sinus thrombosis in association with AOS. Some of these lesions may be secondary to birth trauma (given the skull defect) whilst others have a watershed location, perhaps as further evidence of vascular disruption and decreased perfusion during critical periods of fetal brain development as the previously proposed pathogenesis of this syndrome.
ISSN:2036-749X
2036-7503