title: Prenatal diagnosis and confirmation of the acrofacial dysostosis syndrome type Rodriguez.
abstract: The group of acrofacial dysostosis (AFD) syndromes is very heterogeneous and contains many different entities. In 1990, Rodriguez et al. [1990: Am J Med Genet 35:484-489] described a new type of AFD characterized by severe mandibular hypoplasia, phocomelia and oligodactyly of the upper limbs, absence of fibulae, microtia, cleft palate, internal organ anomalies including arrhinencephaly and abnormal lung lobulation, and early lethality. We describe another case of AFD type Rodriguez, identified by prenatal ultrasonography at 25 weeks of gestation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Hospital Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. wessels@kgen.azr.nl
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wessels
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Den Hollander
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Cohen-Overbeek
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Lesnik Oberstein
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wladimiroff
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Niermeijer
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Willems
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D000028:Abortion, Induced; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000196:embryology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal