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Fatal congenital hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a pancreatic nodule morphologically identical to focal lesion of congenital hyperinsulinism in an infant with costello syndrome: case report and review of the literature.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
Sheffield Brandon S, Yip Stephen, Ruchelli Eduardo D, Dunham Christopher P, Sherwin Elizabeth, Brooks Paul A, Sur Amitava, Singh Avash, Human Derek G, Patel Millan S, Lee Anna F
Abstract excerpt
Costello syndrome is characterized by constitutional mutations in the proto-oncogene HRAS, causing dysmorphic features, multiple cardiac problems, intellectual disability, and an increased risk of neoplasia. We report a male infant with dysmorphic features, born prematurely at 32 weeks, who, during his 3-month life span, had an unusually severe and ultimately fatal manifestation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and...
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