A girl with sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association.
10.3345/kjp.2013.56.3.135
- Author:
Na Yong LEE
1
;
Hye Kyung CHO
;
Kyung Hyo KIM
;
Eun Ae PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. pea8639@ewha.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sternum;
Malformation;
Hemangioma
- MeSH:
Chin;
Follow-Up Studies;
Hemangioma;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Korea;
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities;
Parturition;
Prednisolone;
Skin;
Sternum;
Thoracic Wall;
Umbilicus
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2013;56(3):135-138
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association is a rare congenital dysmorphology, which has not yet been reported in Korea. Its typical clinical features include a sternal cleft covered with atrophic skin, a median abdominal raphe extending from the sternal defect to the umbilicus, and cutaneous craniofacial hemangiomata. We report a case of a full-term newborn who presented with no anomalies at birth, except for a skin defect over the sternum and a supraumbilical raphe. Multiple hemangiomas appeared subsequently on her chin and upper chest wall, and respiratory distress due to subglottic hemangioma developed during the first 2 months of life. Her symptoms were controlled with oral prednisolone administration. No respiratory distress have recurred during the 3-year follow-up period.
