A Family with Russel Silver Syndrome: A Case Report
Autor: | Alpaslan Tuzcu, Hasan Kayabaşı, Mithat Bahçeci, Bülent Yılmaz, Ergün Parmaksız |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2004 |
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Zdroj: | Dicle Medical Journal, Vol 31, Iss 4, Pp 34-37 (2004) |
ISSN: | 1308-9889 1300-2945 |
Popis: | Russel Silver Syndrome (RSS) is a very rare syndrome with phenotypicchanges and its etiology has not explained yet. In 1953 and 1954, a specialgroup of Intrauterin Growth Reterdation, childiren with short staturealong a small triangular face, low-set ears, incurved fifth fingers and othercharactheristics were described. Our patient who come us with shortstature was a twenty years old man. His parents were relatives and he wasthe second child of a family with six children. His length was 155 cm, under-3SD. Also he had a small triangular face, his lips were towards downrightand a small mandibula. Incurved fifth fingers and short stature werepresent in all members of the family.As the result, RSS must be thought inpatients with short sature, especially who has similar phenotypicspecialities as our patient. |
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