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*Metopic ridge - like the Klingon ''Worf'' from ''Star Trek The Next Generation''. | *Metopic ridge - like the Klingon ''Worf'' from ''Star Trek The Next Generation''. | ||
*Omphalocele. | *Omphalocele. | ||
*Renal medullary dysplasia.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dotto | first1 = J. | last2 = Reyes-Múgica | first2 = M. | title = Renal medullary dysplasia is diagnostic of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 60-1 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1177/1066896906295685 | PMID = 17172498 }}</ref> | *[[Renal medullary dysplasia]].<ref name=pmid17172498>{{Cite journal | last1 = Dotto | first1 = J. | last2 = Reyes-Múgica | first2 = M. | title = Renal medullary dysplasia is diagnostic of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 15 | issue = 1 | pages = 60-1 | month = Jan | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1177/1066896906295685 | PMID = 17172498 }}</ref> | ||
Associated with an increased risk for: | Associated with an increased risk for: | ||
Revision as of 03:43, 5 January 2012
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome a congenital genetic disorder caused by changes in chromosome 11 (11p15.5).[1]
Characteristics
Original
Classic description:[1]
- Exomphalos (omphalocele).
- Macroglossia.
- Gigantism.
Notes:
- Memory device OMG = omphalocele, macroglossia, gigantism.
- Omphaloceles are usu. genetic;[2] another consideration is trisomy 18.
More inclusive
Features:[3]
- Metopic ridge - like the Klingon Worf from Star Trek The Next Generation.
- Omphalocele.
- Renal medullary dysplasia.[4]
Associated with an increased risk for:
Images:
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 130650
- ↑ Frolov, P.; Alali, J.; Klein, MD. (Dec 2010). "Clinical risk factors for gastroschisis and omphalocele in humans: a review of the literature.". Pediatr Surg Int 26 (12): 1135-48. doi:10.1007/s00383-010-2701-7. PMID 20809116.
- ↑ URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0002168/. Accessed on: 16 May 2011.
- ↑ Dotto, J.; Reyes-Múgica, M. (Jan 2007). "Renal medullary dysplasia is diagnostic of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.". Int J Surg Pathol 15 (1): 60-1. doi:10.1177/1066896906295685. PMID 17172498.
- ↑ Kumar, Vinay; Abbas, Abul K.; Fausto, Nelson; Aster, Jon (2009). Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (8th ed.). Elsevier Saunders. pp. 1157. ISBN 978-1416031215.
- ↑ URL: http://www.healthline.com/adamimage?contentId=1-001186&id=17254. Accessed on: 16 May 2011.