Pena-Shokeir phenotype with major CNS-malformations: clinicopathological report of two siblings

Clinical and pathological features of two siblings of opposite sex with the Pena-Shokeir phenotype are reported. A detailed account of the prenatal and dysmorphological findings is given in one case. A broad range of deformations regarded as secondary to fetal hypokinesia was present, including a number of yet unreported findings. One case showed additional endocrine hyperplasia and left lung trilobation. Both siblings displayed extensive, highly similar CNS-abnormalities. The type and convergence of these malformations differ from previously reported cases and characterize a new familial subtype of the Pena-Shokeir phenotype.