title: Congenital cytomegalovirus infection and finger anomaly.
abstract: Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is the most common cause of intrauterine infection. It affects the central nervous system and causes microcephaly, hydrocephalus, mental retardation, hearing disorder, chorioretinitis and rarely finger anomalies. We present the case of a 4-month-old girl with an agenesis of the middle finger and syndactyly of the fourth and fifth fingers as a result of congenital CMV; this is the first such case in the literature. Here, congenital CMV infection is examined along with finger anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, Gaziantep Children's Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey. dr.sedatisikay@mynet.com
authors.forename: Sedat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Isikay
authors.forename: Kutluhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
mesh_terms: D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013576:Syndactyly / Q000209:etiology*