All issues > Volume 24(7); 1981

Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1981;24(7):696-698. Published online July 15, 1981.

A Case of Beckwith Syndrome.

Kyung Tae Kim, Dae Sik Hong, Byung Do Nam, Kew Taek Kim

¹Department of Pediatrics, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea.

Abstract

We experienced one case of Beckwith syndrome. This one day aged male neonate manifested macroglossia, umbilical hernia, visceromegaly, hypoglycemia, gigantism and polycythemia. A brief review of related literature is also presented.

Keywords :Beckwith syndrome