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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(9):1002-1006. Published online September 30, 1986.

A Case of Apert's Syndrome.

In Kwyu Park¹, Kang Ho Kim¹, Yeong Bong Park¹, Jin Heon Kim¹, Chang Soo Ra¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Chosun University Kwang ]u，Korea

Abstract

Apert’s syndrome is an uncommon, congenital disturbance in the growth of bone and soft tissue affecting principally the head, the hand and feet. So there is skull malformation, most often acrocephaly, associated with symmetrical malformation of both hand and feet. This syndrome was first described by Apert in 1906. since that time, over 200 cases have been reported in the world. Recently, we have experienced a case of newborn infant, male, who was found to have congenital anomalies of the skull and extremites, characteristic of the Apert's syndromee. A brief review of literature was made.

Keywords :Apert’s syndrome; Acrocephaly; Syndactyly