title: [Cerebral gigantism or Sotos' syndrome].
abstract: The paper describes a case of Sotos syndrome and reviews the world literature on the subject. Inheritance may be dominant autosomal as well as recessive, although the latter is quite rare. The pathophysiology is not well known but a common underlying basis between various syndromes (Sotos; Beckwith-Wiedemann; Klippel-Trenaunay) is hypothesised.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Santis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lattere
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galletti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiossi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rosati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tarateta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taccone
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005877:Gigantism / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: Gigantismo cerebrale o sindrome di Sotos.