A newborn infant with sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association

Genet Couns. 2002;13(1):35-9.

Abstract

Sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia complex was described by Hersch et al. in 1985. The principle findings include cleft of the sternum covered by an atrophic skin, a midline abdominal raphe and hemangiomatosis. The inheritance pattern seems to be sporadic. We report a newborn baby with sternal defect, cleft lip and palate, supraumbilical raphe and hemangiomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple*
  • Cleft Lip
  • Cleft Palate
  • Facial Neoplasms / congenital*
  • Female
  • Hemangioma / congenital*
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Sternum / abnormalities*
  • Umbilicus / abnormalities*