Case Report

PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED

Volume: 22 Number: 1 March 22, 2025
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PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED

Abstract

Perlman syndrome is an extremely rare syndrome characterized by polyhydramnios, fetal overgrowth, facial dysmorphism and visceromegaly, and inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. We here report a male infant born to consanguineous parents with prenatal history of polyhydramnios, fetal ascites, nephromegaly, corpus callosum agenesis and choroid plexus cysts, and presented with nephromegaly, hepatomegaly, cholestasis, cardiomegaly, cryptorchidism, respiratory distress, hypoglycemia, generalized muscle hypotonia after birth, and died due to progressive respiratory decompensation at the age of 6 months. He was diagnosed with Perlman syndrome (#267000) confirmed with a homozygous variant mutation in the DIS3L2 gene.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Journal Section

Case Report

Publication Date

March 22, 2025

Submission Date

November 22, 2024

Acceptance Date

January 24, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 22 Number: 1

APA
Şeker, E., Özışık, M. S., Kraja, E., Köstekçi, Y. E., Okulu, E., & Koç, A. (2025). PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik Ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi, 22(1), 135-138. https://doi.org/10.38136/jgon.1144213
AMA
1.Şeker E, Özışık MS, Kraja E, Köstekçi YE, Okulu E, Koç A. PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi. 2025;22(1):135-138. doi:10.38136/jgon.1144213
Chicago
Şeker, Erdal, Mehmet Seçkin Özışık, Elvis Kraja, Yasemin Ezgi Köstekçi, Emel Okulu, and Acar Koç. 2025. “PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED”. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik Ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi 22 (1): 135-38. https://doi.org/10.38136/jgon.1144213.
EndNote
Şeker E, Özışık MS, Kraja E, Köstekçi YE, Okulu E, Koç A (March 1, 2025) PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi 22 1 135–138.
IEEE
[1]E. Şeker, M. S. Özışık, E. Kraja, Y. E. Köstekçi, E. Okulu, and A. Koç, “PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED”, Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 135–138, Mar. 2025, doi: 10.38136/jgon.1144213.
ISNAD
Şeker, Erdal - Özışık, Mehmet Seçkin - Kraja, Elvis - Köstekçi, Yasemin Ezgi - Okulu, Emel - Koç, Acar. “PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED”. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi 22/1 (March 1, 2025): 135-138. https://doi.org/10.38136/jgon.1144213.
JAMA
1.Şeker E, Özışık MS, Kraja E, Köstekçi YE, Okulu E, Koç A. PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi. 2025;22:135–138.
MLA
Şeker, Erdal, et al. “PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED”. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik Ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 1, Mar. 2025, pp. 135-8, doi:10.38136/jgon.1144213.
Vancouver
1.Erdal Şeker, Mehmet Seçkin Özışık, Elvis Kraja, Yasemin Ezgi Köstekçi, Emel Okulu, Acar Koç. PERLMAN SYNDROME: PRENATAL EVIDENCE AND POSTNATAL CONFIRMED. Jinekoloji-Obstetrik ve Neonatoloji Tıp Dergisi. 2025 Mar. 1;22(1):135-8. doi:10.38136/jgon.1144213