Congenital contractural arachnodactyly and femoral fracture in a newborn infant: a causal relationship or a coincidence?

Am J Perinatol. 2004 Jan;21(1):41-4. doi: 10.1055/s-2004-820509.

Abstract

Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA, Beals syndrome) is an autosomal-dominant connective tissue disorder characterized by multiple flexion contractures, arachnodactyly, severe kyphoscoliosis, abnormal pinnae, and muscular hypoplasia. Although it is a connective tissue disorder affecting bone structure and formation, coexistence of bony fractures in CCA patients have not been reported before. In this article we report a newborn infant diagnosed with CCA who developed a femoral fracture possibly due to abnormal bone structure and birth injury in spite of cesarean delivery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cesarean Section
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Femoral Fractures / complications
  • Femoral Fractures / diagnosis*
  • Femoral Fractures / pathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Marfan Syndrome / complications
  • Marfan Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Marfan Syndrome / pathology
  • Pregnancy