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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2002;45(7):906-911. Published online July 15, 2002.

A Case of Marshall-Smith Syndrome

Yeo Ok YO Moon¹, Woo Jong WJ Shin¹, Youn Jeong YJ Shin¹, Eun Sil ES Dong¹, Young Min YM Ahn¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Kangnam General Hospital Public Co. Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Eun Sil ES Dong ,Email: esdongmd@yahoo.com

Abstract

Marshall-Smith syndrome is characterized by a triad of facial dysmorphism, failure to thrive and accelerated osseous maturation. We report a one-month-old male infant with of this rare syndrome, with laryngeal anomalies who died at 6 months of age with pneumonia. This is the first case of Marshall-Smith syndrome in Korea.

Keywords :Marshall-Smith Syndrome(MSS), Accelerated osseous maturation, Laryngeal anomalies, Failure to thrive