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The case of a girl with Seckel syndrome, born of an epileptic mother who was taking anticonvulsant drugs, is reported. The patient, admitted to our clinic for short stature, presented some signs of Seckel syndrome: microcephaly, a "bird headed" profile with receding chin and forehead and large beaked nose. Microcephaly and a low birth weight are present in Seckel syndrome, but also in the newborn of epileptic mothers who received anticonvulsive drugs. In the present paper the Authors questioned if the described syndrome was caused by the use of antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy, or epilepsy of the mother, or if it was casual.
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Anomalías Inducidas por Medicamentos/etiología , Anticonvulsivantes/efectos adversos , Peso al Nacer , Niño , Epilepsia Tónico-Clónica/tratamiento farmacológico , Expresión Facial , Femenino , Humanos , Discapacidad Intelectual/etiología , Microcefalia/inducido químicamente , Microcefalia/etiología , Embarazo , Complicaciones del Embarazo/tratamiento farmacológico , SíndromeRESUMEN
A male newborn with prenatal cytomegalovirus infection was referred for cranial ultrasound. The cranial ultrasound demonstrated areas of increased echogenicity in the thalamic and gray nuclei resembling "a branched candlestick". Doppler technique located the "branched candlestick" along the thalamostriate arteries. This image is particularly interesting because to our knowledge it has never before been described in congenital cytomegalovirus infection, but only in congenital rubella.
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Encéfalo/patología , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/diagnóstico , Enfermedades Fetales/diagnóstico , Diagnóstico Prenatal , Ultrasonografía , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/congénito , Infecciones por Citomegalovirus/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Masculino , EmbarazoRESUMEN
The aim of this study is the behavior of Normotest (NT) values in newborns in the first 4 days of life. The study has been carried out between January, 1982, and December, 1984, at the Department of Child Health and Neonatal Medicine - School of Medicine - University of Genoa. The number of infants tested was 1320. 694 were males and 626 females, 529 preterm (G.A. less than 37 weeks) and 791 full term babies. Infants have been tested from one to five times in the first four days of life, with the first evaluation within 12 hours of life. 1215 newborns (92%) presented NT values greater than 20%, 105 babies (8%) had NT below 20% in at least one evaluation, and received Vitamin K1 (0.5 mg/kg i.m.) as prophylaxis, being thereafter excluded from this study. Among the neonate with NT greater than 20%, 426 babies have been considered, who had, at least, three evaluations in the first four days of life. 288 (68%) of the 426 newborns, had not important disease, while 138 (32%) were sick neonates; of these babies 88 (64%) had respiratory distress syndrome and 50 (36%) had an infectious condition. The mean of NT values of the 426 newborns decreased from the first (33.84%) to the 2nd day (32.72%), with a following increment in 3rd (35.29%) and 4th day of life (39.01%). Newborns with gestational age (G.A.) less than 34 weeks showed significantly lower values than newborns with G.A. between 34-37 weeks and those with G.A. greater than 37 weeks. No newborn with NT values greater than 20% either received vitamin K or showed symptoms of haemorrhagic disease in early or later neonatal period.