Familial Idiopathic infantile arterial calcification presenting as a refractory hypertension and hypercalcemia in neonatal period.

2016-10-25T06-38-57Z
Source: The Southeast Asian Journal of Case Report and Review
Kanchan Subhash Channawar, VSV Prasad, Manoj Malviya.
Idiopathic infantilearterial calcification (IIAC) is a rare disease characterized by extensive arterial wall calcification. A total of 200 cases have been reported to dateand from India only 5 cases, with most cases diagnosed postnatally and less than 13 cases having been suspected antenatally.Case characteristics: Our case report is first from pediatric department. Message: It is important for clinician to suspect this condition prenatally and so that early diagnosis is associated with improvement in survival rates.


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