Summary
Trisomy 13 was found in the karyotypes of a one-day-old boy with microphtalmia, hipotelorism, localized scalp defects, polidactyly and of a one-day-old girl with cleft lip and cleft palate. Both cases died because of heavy cardiac malformations. Trisomy 13 syndrome is characterized by cranio-fascial anomalies (microcephaly, microphtalmia, cleft lip, cleft palate, localized scalp defects in the parieto-occipital area), polidactyly and holoprosencephaly type defects. Being rare trisomic syndrome, we piked to discuss these cases in view of the literature.
Key words: Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Capillary Hemangiomata, Polidactyly, Scalp Defect, Cerebellar Hypoplasia
Summary
Trisomy 13 was found in the karyotypes of a one-day-old boy with microphtalmia, hipotelorism, localized scalp defects, polidactyly and of a one-day-old girl with cleft lip and cleft palate. Both cases died because of heavy cardiac malformations. Trisomy 13 syndrome is characterized by cranio-fascial anomalies (microcephaly, microphtalmia, cleft lip, cleft palate, localized scalp defects in the parieto-occipital area), polidactyly and holoprosencephaly type defects. Being rare trisomic syndrome, we piked to discuss these cases in view of the literature.
Key words: Trisomy 13 Syndrome, Capillary Hemangiomata, Polidactyly, Scalp Defect, Cerebellar Hypoplasia
