Atypical aortic coarctation and innominate artery stenosis associated with clubfoot and lower leg ischemia in an infant. 1995

J C Smith, and J A Joransen, and B Heath, and B C Allen
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Jackson 39216, USA.

We report findings in a male infant born with talipes equinovarus and ischemic necrosis of the left lower leg and foot associated with atypical coarctation of the ascending aorta and stenosis and hypoplasia of the proximal innominate artery. We hypothesize that a vasculopathy of unknown etiology occurred in utero that resulted in ascending aortic arch coarctation and innominate artery stenosis. The presence of a thrombus in the coarcted segment suggests that one or more emboli could have been responsible for vascular compromise and subsequent clubfoot deformity and lower leg ischemia. Alternatively, a vasculopathy similar to that hypothesized as occurring in the aorta might also have occurred in the left anterior tibial artery, causing structural deformity and soft tissue ischemia of the left lower leg and foot. We believe that this is the first report of this association of findings.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007511 Ischemia A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION. Ischemias
D007866 Leg The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE. Legs
D008297 Male Males
D003025 Clubfoot A deformed foot in which the foot is plantarflexed, inverted, and adducted. Equinovarus,Talipes Equinovarus,Clubfeet,Clubfeet, Congenital,Clubfoot, Congenital,Congenital Talipes Equinovarus,Pie Torcido,Congenital Clubfeet,Congenital Clubfoot,Pie Torcidos,Talipes Equinovarus, Congenital
D003251 Constriction, Pathologic The condition of an anatomical structure's being constricted beyond normal dimensions. Stenosis,Stricture,Constriction, Pathological,Pathologic Constriction,Constrictions, Pathologic,Pathologic Constrictions,Pathological Constriction,Stenoses,Strictures
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
D000843 Ankle Joint The joint that is formed by the inferior articular and malleolar articular surfaces of the TIBIA; the malleolar articular surface of the FIBULA; and the medial malleolar, lateral malleolar, and superior surfaces of the TALUS. Ankle Syndesmosis,Articulatio talocruralis,Distal Tibiofibular Joint,Inferior Tibiofibular Joint,Talocrural Joint,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmosis,Tibiofibular Syndesmosis,Ankle Joints,Ankle Syndesmoses,Ankle Syndesmosis, Tibiofibular,Distal Tibiofibular Joints,Inferior Tibiofibular Joints,Joint, Ankle,Joints, Ankle,Syndesmosis, Ankle,Talocrural Joints,Tibiofibular Ankle Syndesmoses,Tibiofibular Joint, Distal,Tibiofibular Syndesmoses
D001011 Aorta The main trunk of the systemic arteries. Aortas

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