Korean Journal of Pediatrics (Mar 2013)

A girl with sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association

  • Na Yong Lee,
  • Hye Kyung Cho,
  • Kyung-Hyo Kim,
  • Eun Ae Park

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2013.56.3.135
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 56, no. 3
pp. 135 – 138

Abstract

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Sternal malformation/vascular dysplasia association is a rare congenital dysmorphology, which has not yet been reported in Korea. Its typical clinical features include a sternal cleft covered with atrophic skin, a median abdominal raphe extending from the sternal defect to the umbilicus, and cutaneous craniofacial hemangiomata. We report a case of a full-term newborn who presented with no anomalies at birth, except for a skin defect over the sternum and a supraumbilical raphe. Multiple hemangiomas appeared subsequently on her chin and upper chest wall, and respiratory distress due to subglottic hemangioma developed during the first 2 months of life. Her symptoms were controlled with oral prednisolone administration. No respiratory distress have recurred during the 3-year follow-up period.

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