Holzgreve, syndrome

MIM 236 110]

(Holzgreve-Wagner-Rehder syndrome)

 Prevalence: < 1/200,000. Malformative syndrome of genetic origin, probably with autosomal recessive transmission. It associates  polydactyly, palatine division with persistence of bucco-pharyngeal membrane, birth defects and growth retardation. There is sometimes an associated renal agenesis (Potter syndrome).


Anesthetic implications: 

difficult intubation, risk of aspiration; renal failure in some forms.


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Updated: March 2019