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  • A 2-year-old boy diagnosed with Adams-Oliver syndrome exhibited complications including dilated cardiomyopathy and complete atrioventricular block.
  • The child also showed symptoms of aplasia cutis congenita, partial skull bone aplasia, and characteristic limb malformations.
  • Though congenital heart issues are known with this syndrome, the specific case of dilated cardiomyopathy was not previously documented in medical literature.

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Reported herein is the case of a 2-year-old boy with Adams-Oliver syndrome who presented with dilated cardiomyopathy and complete atrioventricular block. The patient had aplasia cutis congenita with partial aplasia of the skull bones, and terminal transverse limb malformations characteristic of the disease. Although congenital cardiac malformations may be associated with the syndrome, dilated cardiomyopathy has not been previously reported to be associated with the syndrome.

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