Asymmetric crying facies and vocal cord paralysis accompanied by congenital heart disease in an infant.
- Author:
Hong-Ling WEI
1
;
Mei-Hua PIAO
;
Juan ZHANG
;
Ling LIU
;
Yan-Mei CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China. pmh1990@sina.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Cesarean Section;
Crying;
Facial Paralysis;
Female;
Heart Defects, Congenital;
Humans;
Infant;
Pregnancy;
Vocal Cord Paralysis
- From:
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics
2019;21(6):585-588
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
A female infant was admitted to the hospital due to perioral cyanosis two hours after birth. The infant was born at the gestational age of 35 weeks by cesarean section with a birth weight of 2 400 g. Physical examination revealed wry mouth to the left side while crying, small auricles, and high palatal arch; fibrolaryngoscopy suggested bilateral vocal cord paralysis; echocardiography suggested ventricular septal defect; single nucleotide polymorphism testing showed 22q11.21 microdeletion. Therefore, the infant was given a definite diagnosis of asymmetric crying facies syndrome accompanied by 22q11.21 microdeletion. After 8-month follow-up, the infant still had asymmetric crying facies with presence of growth retardation.
