Publications by authors named "Tiran-Rajaofera I"

We report on six patients (five unpublished patients) from the Indian Ocean islands, with coarse face, cleft lip or palate, eye anomalies, brachytelephalangy, nail hypoplasia, various malformations (genitourinary or cerebral), abnormal electroencephalograms with impaired neurological examination and lethal outcome. Massive polyhydramnios was noted in the third trimester of pregnancy and neonatal growth was normal or excessive. The combination of the features is consistent with the diagnosis of Fryns syndrome (FS) without congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

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Unlabelled: In 2005-2006, an unexpected, massive outbreak of chikungunya occurred on Reunion Island, a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean. This arboviral infection transmitted by a mosquito of the Aedes genus is usually benign. A surprising feature of the Reunion Island epidemic was the occurrence of rare severe forms involving adults as well as children.

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Background: Fryns syndrome is a lethal autosomal recessive syndrome which includes congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), pulmonary hypoplasia, cranio-facial manifestations including a coarse face, a cleft palate / lip and cloudy corneae, distal limb hypoplasia and internal malformations including central nervous system, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, urogenital and skeletal anomalies.

Cases Report: We report on 3 patients with Fryns syndrome in the french Indian Ocean islands (La Réunion and Mayotte islands). Pregnancies were complicated by polyhydramnios.

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Fryns syndrome is an autosomal recessive multiple congenital anomaly syndrome characterized by coarse facies, diaphragmatic hernia, distal limb hypoplasia and malformations of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary and central nervous systems. Diaphragmatic hernia is a leading diagnostic feature in Fryns syndrome, recorded in more than 80% of cases. We report a newborn with clinical features of Fryns syndrome except the diaphragmatic hernia.

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Unlabelled: Pertussis remains in France the first cause of bacterial, infectious death in infant aged 10 days to 2 months. It is especially in this age group that malignant pertussis occurs.

Case Report: A 40-day-old infant was admitted in the intensive care unit with symptoms of bronchiolitis along with a 200 bpm permanent tachycardia.

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Unlabelled: We report a case of warfarin embryopathy. This disease affects more than 6% of fetuses exposed in utero to a vitamin K antagonist.

Observation: A child whose mother was treated with acenocoumarol because of a mechanical heart valve presented with signs of warfarin embryopathy.

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Unlabelled: Percutaneous central venous catheterization for parenteral feeding is a permanent problem in the management of very low birth weight neonates. Usually, 23-gauge catheters (diameter: 0.6 mm) are used.

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Background: Feingold syndrome is a combination of hand and foot anomalies, microcephaly, tracheo-esophageal fistula, esophageal/duodenal atresia, short palpebral fissures and developmental delay. The most frequent physical findings are clinodactyly of the second and fifth fingers with absent or hypoplastic middle phalanges, and syndactyly of the toes. Inheritance is autosomal dominant (MIM number 164280) with full penetrance concerning hand anomalies, variable expressivity and great intrafamilial variability.

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