Abstract

ESCOBAR BERMUDEZ, Yudith  and  AYRA PEREZ, Carmen María. Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome in a newborn. MEDISAN [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.1, pp.121-130. ISSN 1029-3019.

The case report of a newborn, assisted in "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba is described, without maternal or family pathological history who presented macrocephalic asymmetry of the lower members, marked hypertrophy in the left low member and macrodactilia, as well as cutaneous angiomas in the lower area of the trunk, abdomen, buttocks region and legs. After a detailed evaluation by a multidisciplinary team which was based on the clinical pattern and radiographical study, the Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome was diagnosed. The patient has maintained a favorable clinical course up to now and a strict medical follow-up is carried out.

Keywords : Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome; cutaneous angioma; bony hypertrophy; macrodactilia; newborn.

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