OCULO-AURICULO-VERTEBRAL SPECTRUM ASSOCIATED WITH ABERRANT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY IN AN INFANT WITH RECURRENT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe an infant with craniofacial microsomia and recurrent respiratory distress associated with aberrant right subclavian artery in order to review its most frequent congenital anomalies and alert the pediatrician to its rarer and more severe complications.

Case description

This case report involves an 18-month-old male infant, only son of non-consanguineous parents. At birth, the child presented craniofacial dysmorphisms (facial asymmetry, maxillary and mandibular hypoplasia, macrostomia, grade 3 microtia, and accessory preauricular tag) restricted to the right side of the face. Additional tests showed asymmetric hypoplasia of facial structures and thoracic hemivertebrae. No cytogenetic or cytogenomic abnormalities were identified. The patient progressed to

SUBMITTER: Pereira AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8240622 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature