Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

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A girl with sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association

  • Lee, Na Yong (Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Hye Kyung (Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Kyung-Hyo (Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine) ;
  • Park, Eun Ae (Department of Pediatrics, Ewha Womans University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2011.09.06
  • Accepted : 2012.07.12
  • Published : 2013.03.15
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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.

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