DiGeorge syndrome with truncus arteriosus: report of one case

Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2004 May-Jun;45(3):174-7.

Abstract

DiGeorge syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by a spectrum of thymic and parathyroid gland abnormalities, conotruncal cardiac defects, and typical facial dysmorphism. We report a male infant with partial DiGeorge syndrome characterized by truncus arteriosus, typical facial dysmorphism, hypocalcemia, lymphocytopenia with T-cell deficiency, and chromosome 22q11.2 deletion. Transient lymphocytopenia was noted for 5 days after birth and hypocalcemia was corrected with calcium gluconate administration. Surgical correction of the truncus arteriosus was performed at the age of 3 months. Unfortunately, the patient subsequently had an unwitnessed cardiac arrest, and despite resuscitation, died at the age of 4 months.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Chromosome Deletion
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / genetics
  • DiGeorge Syndrome / genetics*
  • DiGeorge Syndrome / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Heart Arrest
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Infant, Low Birth Weight
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / diagnostic imaging
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / pathology*
  • Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / surgery
  • Ultrasonography