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Case report: Pai syndrome with multiple ventricular septal defect and without cleft palate
A Kocaaga1, Y Bildirici2, S Yimenicioglu3
1Medical Genetics Department, Eskişehir City Hospital, Eskişehir Şehir Hastanesi, 71 Evler Mahallesi, Çavdarlar Sokak, TR 26080 Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, Turkiye.
Abstract:
Pai syndrome is described as the association of a midline cleft lip, midline facial polyps, and lipoma of the central nervous system. However, only a few patients present the full triad, and most exhibit a wide spectrum of phenotypic variability. Its entire clinical spectrum is still poorly delineated and the etiology remains unknown. In this report, a newborn was presented with congenital nasal septal lipoma, lipoma of the corpus callosum, multiple ventricular septal defect, and additional minor facial dysmorphism. This entity, multiple ventricular septal defect, which has never been reported in PS. Cytogenetic analysis showed normal male 46, XY karyotype. Chromosomal microarray analysis (750 K array) was also unremarkable. This case draws attention with the presence of multiple ventricular septal defect in Pai syndrome and is important in terms of providing phenotypic diversity. To our knowledge, this is also the first genetically evaluated case of Pai syndrome from Turkey.
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