Meachan, syndrome

[MIM 608 978]

(Meacham-Winn-Culler syndrome)

Rare. Mutations in the WT1 gene on 11p13 that can also cause the Denys-Drash or Frasier syndrome.

Association of:

-        abnormalities of the diaphragm: diaphragmatic hernia; sometimes rhabdomyoid dysplasia of lung

-        cardiac malformation: cyanotic heart disease, anomalous pulmonary venous return

-        genital malformations: double vagina, absence of uterus, male pseudohermaphrodism

In general, rapidly letal.


Anesthetic implications:

management of a congenital diaphragmatic hernia; cardiopathy


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Updated: January 2019