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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1998;41(6):856-860. Published online June 15, 1998.

Meckel-Gruber syndrome

Jung Seo JS Park¹, Ji Yoen JY Lee¹, Sun Chan SC Bae¹, Moon Sung MS Park¹, Jung Seon JS Kim², Si Houn SH Hahn¹, Chang Ho CH Hong¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
²Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea

Correspondence Si Houn SH Hahn ,Email: 1

Abstract

Meckel-Gruber syndrome is a multiple malformation syndrome featuring occipital meningoencephalocele, multicystic dysplasia of kidney, cystic and fibrotic change of liver, polydactyly, and other characteristics inherited by the autosomal recessive trait. We exprienced a case of Meckel-Gruber syndrome in a newborn male diagnosed clinically and confirmed pathologically. Abnormalities of the fetus were found prenataly by ultrasonogram, and subsequently the baby was terminated by cesarean section delivery at 32 weeks of gestational age. We report this case with brief review of literature.

Keywords :Meckel-Gruber syndrome