Congenital contractural arachnodactyly and femoral fracture in a newborn infant: A causal relationship or a coincidence?
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.41-44, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2004
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.09.017
- Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.41-44
- Çukurova Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA, Beals syndrome) is an autosomal-dominant connective tissue disorder characterized by multiple flexion contractures, arachnodactyly, severe kyphoscollosis, abnormal pinnae, and muscular hypoplasia. Although it is a connective tissue disorder affecting bone structure and formation, coexistence of bony fractures in CCA patients have not been reported before. In this article we report a newborn infant diagnosed with CCA who developed a femoral fracture possibly due to abnormal bone structure and birth injury in spite of cesarean delivery.