Abstract

POZO GONZALEZ, Alberto  and  BARBAN FERNANDEZ, Leonor. Congenital multiple arthrogryposis: a case presentation. AMC [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.6, pp.1-6. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: amyoplasia or congenital multiple arthrogryposis is the most frequent and well-known disease inside of multiple arthrogryposis group, its causes are ignored, it is possibly considered like a disruptive sequence caused by an intrauterine vascular accident with hypotension in the stage of the spiral fetal cord formation and the cells of the anterior horn, more susceptible to hypoxia, they are damaged in their functioning. Clinical case: a case of a newborn, female, white race patient and weight of 3400g was presented. To the physical examination presented, normal skin and mucous, facial asymmetry, with hemangioma in the tip of the nose, macrocranium with prominent frontal, high nasal bridge, auricular dysplasia, thorax asymmetry, congenital contractures in the superior and inferior limbs, internal rotation and camptodactyly in superior limbs with cortical thumbs, bilateral equinovarus feet, multiple articular dislocations, hypoplasia of large and small lips, normal muscular tone, limited mobility of the four limbs. Conclusions: this disease requires a multidisciplinary approach to establish a diagnosis of certainty and the opportune rehabilitative treatment of patients.

Keywords : ARTHROGRYPOSIS; INFANT, NEWBORN; GENETIC DISEASES INBORN; CASE STUDIES.

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