Rare diseases with clinical relevance-the Silver-Russell syndrome

Neissner, C. and Schepp, C. and Roesch, W. H. (2017) Rare diseases with clinical relevance-the Silver-Russell syndrome. UROLOGE, 56 (7). pp. 876-881. ISSN 0340-2592, 1433-0563

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Abstract

The Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS) is a rare imprinting disease associated with pre- and postnatal growth retardation, craniofacial features, and asymmetry. Genitourinary abnormalities are seen in up to 20% of affected individuals. Apart from structural renal anomalies, cryptorchidism and hypospadias occur frequently in boys, while girls often have anomalies similar to those in Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome with congenital hypoplasia or aplasia of the uterus and upper part of the vagina. Frequently hypospadias repair and orchiopexy are difficult because of lack of buccal mucosa due to facial dysmorphism and intraabdominal position of the testicles, respectively. Anesthetic problems with SRS children can be profound and mostly concern a difficult airway due to facial dysmorphism. Especially the young, very thin SRS patients are prone to hypoglycemia and hypothermia and require close perioperative monitoring. Children with SRS and their families face challenges from birth to adulthood. In case of urogenital abnormalities, they should receive multidisciplinary care by pediatric urologists/surgeons and pediatric anesthesiologists in a center of expertise in rare diseases.

Item Type: Article
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Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Urologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 14 Dec 2018 13:16
Last Modified: 18 Feb 2019 15:17
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/1611

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