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[Syndromes 10. Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome]. 1999

W A Borstlap, and P C de Wilde

Afdeling Mond- en Kaakchirurgie, Academisch Ziekenhuis Nijmegen/St. Radboud, Postbus 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen.

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is characterised by variable clinical combinations of exomphalos, macroglossia, gigantism, hypoglycemia and an increased incidence of tumors. This article briefly describes its clinical symptomatology. Recently, hemangiomatous lesions in tongues have been determined.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001506	Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome	A syndrome of multiple defects characterized primarily by umbilical hernia (HERNIA, UMBILICAL); MACROGLOSSIA; and GIGANTISM; and secondarily by visceromegaly; HYPOGLYCEMIA; and ear abnormalities.	Wiedemann Syndrome,Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome,Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndrome (WBS),EMG Syndrome,Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism Syndrome,Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome,EMG Syndromes,Exomphalos Macroglossia Gigantism Syndrome,Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism Syndromes,Syndrome, Beckwith-Wiedemann,Syndrome, EMG,Syndrome, Exomphalos-Macroglossia-Gigantism,Syndrome, Wiedemann,Syndrome, Wiedemann-Beckwith,Syndrome, Wiedemann-Beckwith (WBS),Wiedemann Beckwith Syndrome,Wiedemann Beckwith Syndrome (WBS),Wiedemann Syndromes,Wiedemann-Beckwith Syndromes (WBS)