Surgical closure of an atrial septal defect in an 11-year-old girl with Silver-Russell syndrome.
Silver-Russell syndrome is a congenital disease characterized by severe growth retardation and variable dysmorphic features such as a small triangular face, micrognathia, asymmetry (usually of the limbs), syndactyly and clinodactyly. We report a rare case of a girl with extremely low body weight, short stature and an atrial septal defect, who underwent successful surgical repair of the heart abnormality.
Vahlas
Constantine E
CE
Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
Chatzis
Andrew C
AC
Giannopoulos
Nickolas M
NM
Contrafouris
Constantine A
CA
Milonakis
Michael C
MC
Sarris
George E
GE
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans