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ELLIS-VAN CREVELD SYNDROME
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Fakulty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Endocrinelogy, Van, Turkey
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Fakulty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Kardiyology, Van, Turkey
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Fakulty of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Van, Turkey
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Yüzüncü Yıl University, Fakulty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Van, Turkey
Online publication date: 2008-07-15
Publication date: 2008-07-15
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Sevil Arı Yuca
Department of Pediatrics, Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Medicine, Van, Turkey.
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Eur J Gen Med 2008;5(3):187-190
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ABSTRACT
Ellis-van Creveld syndrome (EVCS) or chondroectodermal dysplasia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a variable spectrum of clinical findings. Classical EVC syndrome comprises a tetrad of clinical manifestations of chondrodystrophy, polydactyly, ectodermal dysplasia, and cardiac defects.
The patient presented with short stature, polydactyly, triangular face and dental dismorphism was found appropriately as radiographic with ectodermal dysplasia. In addition to the presence of single atrium, mitral, tricuspid and pulmonary valve insufficiency and pulmonary hypertension wererevealed by echocardiography. Her history involved a sister who was dead in 3-month-ages.