Title
Case report: Multiorgan involvement with congenital zika syndrome
Date Issued
01 October 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Cachay R.
Schwalb A.
Watanabe T.
Guzman D.
Jaenisch T.
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
We report the case of an infant born with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). During the largest Zika virus (ZIKV) outbreak in Peru, the mother presented with fever and rash that were confirmed to be due to ZIKV by real-time PCR. The infant was born with severe microcephaly. Imaging revealed corpus callosum dysgenesis, lissencephaly, ventriculomegaly, and calcifications. Mild hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with diastolic dysfunction was reported in the echocardiogram. Valgus deviation of the lower extremities and a left clubfoot were diagnosed at birth. The hip ultrasound showed incipient signs of Graf type II dysplasia. The findings confirm that CZS is a multiorgan phenotype in which microcephaly is merely the tip of the iceberg. A multidisciplinary approach is needed for the evaluation of these children.
Start page
1656
End page
1659
Volume
103
Issue
4
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85092724080
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
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