Variable prenatal presentation of Pfeiffer syndrome: Suggested aids to prenatal sonographic diagnosis. 2018

Souha Saliba, and Baptiste Morel, and Marie Gonzales, and Marie-Victoire Sénat, and Lucie Guilbaud, and Jean-Marie Jouannic, and Marie Cassart, and Catherine Garel, and Eléonore Blondiaux
Service d'imagerie, HUEP-APHP, Hôpital Armand-Trousseau, Faculté de Médecine Pierre et Marie Curie, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, Paris VI, Paris, France.

Our purpose was to describe and compare the cranial and extracranial abnormalities of Pfeiffer syndrome on prenatal imaging with postnatal or postmortem findings, which may help in prenatal diagnosis of Pfeiffer syndrome (PS). Cases of fetuses with a confirmed diagnosis of PS over a 4-year period (2012-2016) were retrospectively reviewed. Prenatal imaging findings, postnatal, or postmortem investigations and genetic test results were analyzed. Four fetuses were ascertained, 3 with prenatal sonographic findings compatible with PS and one only diagnosed at postmortem. Cases were referred between 22 and 24 weeks' gestation. Three of the 4 cases were terminated, and details of postmortem/postnatal examination were available in all. There was variable presentation of features. Craniosynostosis was present in 3 cases, but only detected prenatally in 2. Extracranial signs included abnormalities of thumbs and/or big toes, detected prenatally in 3 of the 4 cases. A sacral appendage and vertebral or coronal clefts were present at postmortem in 3 cases but only detected prenatally in one. A cartilaginous tracheal sleeve was detected at postmortem in all 3 cases but not detected by prenatal ultrasound. Other findings included ventriculomegaly, posterior fossa, and facial anomalies. Molecular testing revealed mutations of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) gene in all cases. Pfeiffer syndrome has a highly variable phenotype, and the absence of craniosynostosis on prenatal US does not exclude the diagnosis. Presence of abnormal thumbs and big toes, a sacral appendage, vertebral fusions, and coronal clefts should lead to prenatal molecular testing for PS.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000168 Acrocephalosyndactylia Congenital craniostenosis with syndactyly. Apert Syndrome,Pfeiffer Syndrome,Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome,Acrocephalosyndactyly (Apert),Acrocephalosyndactyly III,Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type 1,Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type 3,Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type I,Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type II,Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type III,Acrocephalosyndactyly, Type V,Acrocephaly, Skull Asymmetry, and Mild Syndactyly,Apert-Crouzon Disease,Chotzen Syndrome,Craniofacial-Skeletal-Dermatologic Dysplasia,Dysostosis Craniofacialis with Hypertelorism,Kurczynski Casperson Syndrome,Noack Syndrome,Syndactylic Oxycephaly,Acrocephalosyndactylias,Acrocephalosyndactylies, Type 1,Acrocephalosyndactylies, Type 3,Acrocephalosyndactylies, Type I,Acrocephalosyndactylies, Type II,Acrocephalosyndactylies, Type III,Acrocephalosyndactylies, Type V,Acrocephalosyndactyly IIIs,Apert Crouzon Disease,Disease, Apert-Crouzon,Noack Syndromes,Saethre Chotzen Syndrome,Syndactylic Oxycephalies,Syndrome, Apert,Syndrome, Chotzen,Syndrome, Kurczynski Casperson,Syndrome, Noack,Syndrome, Pfeiffer,Syndrome, Saethre-Chotzen,Syndromes, Noack,Type I Acrocephalosyndactylies,Type I Acrocephalosyndactyly,Type II Acrocephalosyndactylies,Type II Acrocephalosyndactyly,Type III Acrocephalosyndactyly,Type V Acrocephalosyndactylies,Type V Acrocephalosyndactyly
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D016216 Ultrasonography, Prenatal The visualization of tissues during pregnancy through recording of the echoes of ultrasonic waves directed into the body. The procedure may be applied with reference to the mother or the fetus and with reference to organs or the detection of maternal or fetal disease. Fetal Ultrasonography,Prenatal Diagnosis, Ultrasonic,Ultrasonography, Fetal,Diagnosis, Prenatal Ultrasonic,Diagnosis, Ultrasonic Prenatal,Prenatal Ultrasonic Diagnosis,Prenatal Ultrasonography,Ultrasonic Diagnosis, Prenatal,Ultrasonic Prenatal Diagnosis,Diagnoses, Prenatal Ultrasonic,Diagnoses, Ultrasonic Prenatal,Prenatal Diagnoses, Ultrasonic,Prenatal Ultrasonic Diagnoses,Ultrasonic Diagnoses, Prenatal,Ultrasonic Prenatal Diagnoses

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