title: Mulibrey nanism in a 35 year-old Iranian female with constrictive pericarditis.
abstract: Mulibrey nanism is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by severe growth retardation and pericardial constriction associated with muscle, liver, brain, and eye abnormalities. More than 80% of previously reported cases are Finnish. We report a 35-year-old Iranian female who presented with classic phenotypic features of Mulibrey nanism with symptomatic constrictive pericarditis and underwent pericardiectomy. Our case is one of the rare examples of Mulibrey nanism outside Finland that has been reported so far.
authors.affiliation: Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TEHRAN-IRAN.
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Behzadnia
authors.affiliation: Tobacco Prevention and Control Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TEHRAN-IRAN.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sharif-Kashani
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplantation Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TEHRAN-IRAN.
authors.forename: Zargham-Hossein
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, NRITLD, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, TEHRAN-IRAN.
authors.forename: Seyed Mohsen
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mirhosseini
keywords: Constrictive pericarditis; Mulibrey nanism (MUL)