title: Malignant hypertension and cerebral haemorrhage in Seckel syndrome.
abstract: Seckel syndrome is an autosomal recessive condition with severe short stature and facial and neurological anomalies. Intracranial haemorrhage, due to rupture of a cerebral aneurysm, is a very rare complication of this syndrome. Malignant hypertension may play an important role in the aetiology of the aneurysm and early detection is essential in order to prevent organ damage.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  we report a new case of Seckel syndrome associated with malignant hypertension and cerebral haemorrhage.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Paediatrics, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Largo Gemelli 1, 00168, Rome, Italy. lelladibi@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Rossella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Bartolomeo
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Polidori
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piastra
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Viola
authors.forename: Guiseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zampino
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chiaretti
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000209:etiology; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000209:etiology*; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008831:Microcephaly / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome