Medicine:Growth delay-hydrocephaly-lung hypoplasia syndrome

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Growth delay-hydrocephaly-lung hypoplasia syndrome
Other namesGame-Friedman-Paradice syndrome
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SpecialtyMedical genetics
Symptomsgrowth delays and brain-lung abnormalities
ComplicationsIncompatibility with life
Usual onsetneo-natal
Duration-
CausesAutosomal recessive inheritance
Preventionnone
PrognosisBad
Frequencyvery rare, only 4 cases have been described in medical literature

Growth delay-hydrocephaly-lung hypoplasia syndrome, also known as Game-Friedman-Paradice syndrome is a very rare hereditary disorder which is characterized by developmental, lung, and brain anomalies.[1] Only 4 cases have been reported in medical literature.[2]

Signs and symptoms

The following is a list of the symptoms usually shown by fetuses with the disorder:[3]

  • Delayed fetal growth
  • Hydrocephaly
  • Sylvius patent aqueduct
  • Micrognathia
  • Poorly developed (hypoplastic) lungs
  • Malrotated intestines
  • Omphalocele
  • Shortening of the lower limbs
  • Tibia bowing
  • Generalized foot abnormalities

History

It was first discovered in 1989, by Game et al. when they described 4 fetus siblings (3 females, 1 male) born to healthy, non-consanguineous parents with all the symptoms mentioned above. The siblings were terminated and all of them (post-mortem examination) had a size similar to fetuses of younger gestational age.[4][5]

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