Genes, Children and Pediatricians

Authors

  • Joana Correia Pediatric Department of CH Porto
  • Marta Rios Pediatric Intensive Care Department of CH Porto
  • Paula Ferreira Pediatric Intensive Care Department of CH Porto
  • Esmeralda Martins Metabolic Diseases Unit of Pediatric Department of CH Porto
  • Anabela Bandeira Metabolic Diseases Unit of Pediatric Department of CH Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v22.i3.10671

Keywords:

Congenital fractures, intracerebral bleeding, sparse kinky hair

Abstract

A male newborn, presenting hipotonia and posterior parietal bossing, developed, in the first 12 hours of life, refusal to feed and hypoglycaemia. A cranial ultrasound, skull X-ray and CT scan revealed an occipital and parietal fracture with an underlying haematoma and extensive extracranial soft-tissue swelling. He was submitted to surgical drainage. After 24 hours: new intracerebral bleeding. At the age of two-months he presented abnormal skin and sparse kinky hair. Serum copper and caeruloplasmin levels were below the normal range. Molecular diagnosis of Menkes disease was made by the identification of a new mutation in ATP7A gene.

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Published

2017-01-16

How to Cite

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Correia J, Rios M, Ferreira P, Martins E, Bandeira A. Genes, Children and Pediatricians. REVNEC [Internet]. 2017Jan.16 [cited 2024Mar.28];22(3):191-2. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/10671

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