PERINATOLOGIYA I PEDIATRIYA. 2014. 3(59):82–85

Case report on Costello syndrome in child

Zubova G. O., Yerokhina O. I., Sulzhenko M. Yu.

SI "Lugansk State Medical University", Lugansk, Ukraine 

In the article a rare syndrome in the child of early age is described. The authors give the data available in the literature and their clinical observation of a child with Costello syndrome. The extremely rare genetic syndrome is characterized by persistent dysphagia that requires tube insertion or gastrostomy, by postnatal growth retardation, characteristic facial features; hyperrugosity of the skin; deep skin folds on the palms and soles, skin hyperpigmentation, papillomas of the nasal vestibule and around the mouth, and intellectual retardation. The diagnostic aspects of this pathology are considered.

Key words: Costello syndrome, children.

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