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J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2019 Jan 17:1-12. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1552935. [Epub ahead of print]
Perinatal diagnosis and management of early-onset Marfan syndrome: case report and systematic review.
Veiga-Fernández A1, Joigneau Prieto L1, Álvarez T1, Ruiz Y1, Pérez R1, Gámez F1, Ortega Abad V1, Yllana F1, De León-Luis J1.
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Abstract
Early onset Marfan syndrome is the most severe form of Marfan syndrome diagnosed during perinatal period. Early onset Marfan syndrome is associated with high mortality rates, usually within the first 2 years of life. First, we present a case of prenatally diagnosed early onset Marfan syndrome in a dichorionic diamniotic twin pregnancy, where suspicion was raised at 35 weeks of gestation. Ultrasound and fetal magnetic resonance imaging were used to assess prenatal findings in the affected fetus. She presented right diaphragmatic eventration, elongation of humerus and femur and subluxation of the crystalline lens. She died 3 months after birth. Secondly, we present a PubMed-based review of the published articles on early onset Marfan syndrome, with pre- or postnatal suspicion or diagnosis. We found 39 articles published between 1981 and 2017, arising information on 55 cases. Including ours, early onset Marfan syndrome was prenatally diagnosed in 34.54% of the cases. In these cases, the most frequent prenatal findings were cardiomegaly, dilatation of the great vessels and mitral or tricuspid regurgitation. Mortality rate during the first 15 months after birth was 73.68%. In the postnatally diagnosed cases, the most frequent findings were arachnodactyly, dilatation of the great vessels and mitral or tricuspid regurgitation. Mortality rate was 61.11%. Overall genetic confirmation was performed in 67.27% of the cases. Prenatal diagnosis of early onset Marfan syndrome is challenging but of utmost importance, since management should take place in a tertiary care center, by a multidisciplinary team. Differential diagnosis is essential in order to perform an adequate genetic counseling.

KEYWORDS:
Congenital Marfan syndrome; diaphragmatic hernia; early onset Marfan syndrome; magnetic resonance imaging; neonatal Marfan syndrome

PMID: 30652519 DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1552935
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