title: Vascular ring leading to tracheoesophageal compression in a patient with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome.
abstract: Mediastinal vascular rings cause tracheoesophageal obstruction, resulting in respiratory symptoms and dysphagia in children. Although a large number of children with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome have frequent respiratory infections and feeding difficulties, there has been no firmly established association between this syndrome and the occurrence of vascular rings. We report on a patient with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome who had a vascular ring. Since there was a previous report of a similar ring in a child with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, we suggest there may be an association between Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome and vascular rings.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Genetics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shashi
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Fryburg
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012415:Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*