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Article type: Research Article
Affiliations: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, Spartanburg, SC, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Bindesh Patel, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, 101 East Wood St., Spartanburg, SC 29303, USA. Tel.: +1 847 347 2328; E-mail: bpatel@vcom.vt.edu
Abstract: We describe the genetic diagnosis of Pitt Hopkins syndrome of a newborn female who demonstrated a cleft lip and palate on fetal ultrasound at 20 weeks gestation but no further diagnostic tests were performed per parental request. After birth the child underwent genetic testing and was diagnosed with a deletion of the long arm of chromosome 18 which included the TCF4 gene causing Pitt Hopkins syndrome. We present common findings seen with Pitt Hopkins as well as three unusual physical exam findings that have not been previously described. Our objective is to increase awareness of this rare syndrome and bring light to possible previously unreported physical findings to aid in the diagnosis.
Keywords: Pitt Hopkins, bile duct paucity, rectal atresia, 18q syndrome, cleft lip, cleft palate
DOI: 10.3233/NPM-2011-2733
Journal: Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 173-176, 2011
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