[Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome]. 2004

Suada Heljić, and Feriha Catibusić, and Melika Dozić, and Mirela Mackić
Pedijatrijska klinika KCU Sarajevo.

Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a rare developmental disorder associated with hemizygous deletion of short arm of chromosome 4. Main phenotype characteristics of WHS are: intrauterine growth retardation, mental retardation, typical facial dysmorphism ("Greek warrior helmet"), microcephaly and midline fusion defects (cleft lip or palate, cardiac septal defects). Other abnormalities, like agenesis of corpus callosum, dysplastic kidneys, coloboma iris, skeletal abnormalities have been described occasionally. We described female newborn baby with 4p deletion, who had most of the phenotype characteristics of Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome: intrauterine growth retardation, microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, congenital hypotonia and seizures in neonatal period. Other abnormalities included: hypoplastic cervical vertebra C4-C5, renal cyst and partial agenesis of corpus callosum. Patient had not cardiac septal defect. Due to a broad spectrum of possible morphologic abnormalities followed by mental retardation, prenatal diagnosis is very important. Postnatal recognition of the syndrome requires genetic counseling of parents and supportive multidisciplinary treatment.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007621 Karyotyping Mapping of the KARYOTYPE of a cell. Karyotype Analysis Methods,Analysis Method, Karyotype,Analysis Methods, Karyotype,Karyotype Analysis Method,Karyotypings,Method, Karyotype Analysis,Methods, Karyotype Analysis
D002872 Chromosome Deletion Actual loss of portion of a chromosome. Monosomy, Partial,Partial Monosomy,Deletion, Chromosome,Deletions, Chromosome,Monosomies, Partial,Partial Monosomies
D002894 Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4 A specific pair of GROUP B CHROMOSOMES of the human chromosome classification. Chromosome 4
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000015 Abnormalities, Multiple Congenital abnormalities that affect more than one organ or body structure. Multiple Abnormalities
D013577 Syndrome A characteristic symptom complex. Symptom Cluster,Cluster, Symptom,Clusters, Symptom,Symptom Clusters,Syndromes

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