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Sasidharan Adiyapatham1, Ambalakkuthan Murugesan2
1Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, Puducherry, India.
Abstract:
Genetic conditions have varied presentations, and one of them is the association with multiple malformation syndrome (MMS), which has a high mortality rate in the immediate postnatal period. Here, we describe a neonate born with multiple anomalies-wide anterior and posterior fontanelle, metopic suture, flat nasal bridge, hypertelorism, low set dysplastic ears, corneal cloudiness, micrognathia, webbed neck, simian crease, undescended testis, hypospadias, congenital talipes equinovarus, hypoplastic inferior cerebellar vermis, poor reflexes, hypotonia and ventricular septal defect. There was a history of sibling death with similar malformations, pointing towards a genetic aetiology. Clinical exome sequencing yielded the diagnosis of Zellweger syndrome with a rare mutation in PEX-19 gene. Inherited metabolic syndromes frequently masquerade as malformations, but family history of an affected sibling and clinical suspicion aided diagnosis of the infant.
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