title: Isolated 'sign of the horns': a simple, pathognomonic, prenatal sonographic marker of Crisponi syndrome.
abstract: The case of a patient presenting with Crisponi syndrome recently hospitalized at our institution is described. During pregnancy a diagnosis of this syndrome was hypothesized following sonographic observation of the fetus with the hands showing 'the sign of the horns'. Such a finding, if isolated, as in our case, may represent a simple, pathognomonic sonographic marker of Crisponi syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Clinical Medicine, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Puericulture Institute and Neonatal Section, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dessì
authors.forename: Vassilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Fanos
authors.forename: Giangiorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crisponi
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frau
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ottonello
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003645:Death, Sudden; D019066:Facies; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006225:Hand / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006228:Hand Deformities, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006945:Hyperhidrosis; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D011247:Pregnancy; D014313:Trismus / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal