title: A 34-week-old male fetus with short rib polydactyly syndrome (SRPS) type I (Saldino-Noonan) with pancreatic cysts.
abstract: A 34-week-old male fetus (first diagnosed at 28 weeks of gestation) with short rib polydactyly type I Saldino-Noonan syndrome is presented in this study. In the postmortem examination of the fetus, pancreatic dysplasia, multiple cysts and multicystic dysplastic kidneys, omphalomesenteric cyst, ascites, malrotation, micropenis, undescended testes, bilateral inguinal hernia and hydrops were observed. The parents were first-degree cousins. One male and one female sibling had similar findings and both had died after birth. Only a four-year-old healthy daughter was alive. We believe these findings will be helpful in the differential diagnosis of further lethal skeletal dysplasia cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sevim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Balci
authors.forename: Gülçin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Altinok
authors.forename: Fulya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tekşen
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eryilmaz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010181:Pancreatic Cyst / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012779:Short Rib-Polydactyly Syndrome / Q000473:pathology