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David M, Hcini N, Mandelbrot L, Sibiude J, Picone O. Fetal and neonatal abnormalities due to congenital syphilis: a literature review. Prenat Diagn 2022; 42:643-655. [PMID: 35352829 DOI: 10.1002/pd.6135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The recent recrudescence of syphilis among women of childbearing age is associated with an increasing number of cases of congenital syphilis. We aimed to summarize the fetal and neonatal abnormalities due to congenital syphilis infection, particularly signs amenable to prenatal diagnosis. METHODS Eligible studies were retrieved from the PubMed collection database. Articles focusing on postnatal and antenatal abnormalities covered the periods from 1969 to 2019 and 1975 to 2019, respectively. This review included cohort studies, case series and case reports reporting findings regarding congenital syphilis infections described before and/or after birth. Articles were reviewed by three experts in prenatal diagnosis, and all findings were classified as amenable or not amenable to prenatal diagnosis. RESULTS A total of 432 cases of congenital syphilis infection were reported. Abnormalities were described antenatally in 161 cases, postnatally in 319 cases, and in both the antenatal and postnatal periods in 57 cases. The most frequently reported signs amenable to prenatal diagnosis were abdominal abnormalities (hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, and bowel abnormalities), fetal growth restriction, and elevated middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in the context of ascites or atypical hydrops. Brain abnormalities were rare and never isolated. In the neonatal period, the most common abnormalities were hepatosplenomegaly, bone damage and skin lesions. CONCLUSION We found that no individual sonographic sign or pattern of signs is pathognomonic for fetal syphilis. In fetuses with ultrasound abnormalities suggestive of congenital infection, syphilis must be considered as part of the work-up. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Marion David
- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Colombes Cedex, France
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, West French Guiana Hospital Center, French Guyana. CIC Inserm 1424 et DFR Santé Université Guyane, ST Laurent du Maroni, France
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- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Colombes Cedex, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Inserm IAME-U1137, Paris, France
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Infections pendant la Grossesse (GRIG), Vélizy, France
- FHU Prema, Paris, France
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- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Colombes Cedex, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Inserm IAME-U1137, Paris, France
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Infections pendant la Grossesse (GRIG), Vélizy, France
- FHU Prema, Paris, France
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- Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Louis Mourier, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Colombes Cedex, France
- Université de Paris, Paris, France
- Inserm IAME-U1137, Paris, France
- Groupe de Recherche sur les Infections pendant la Grossesse (GRIG), Vélizy, France
- FHU Prema, Paris, France
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Sandoval Karamian AG, Mercimek-Andrews S, Mohammad K, Molloy EJ, Chang T, Chau V, Murray DM, Wusthoff CJ. Neonatal encephalopathy: Etiologies other than hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2021; 26:101272. [PMID: 34417137 DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2021.101272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) describes the clinical syndrome of a newborn with abnormal brain function that may result from a variety of etiologies. HIE should be distinguished from neonatal encephalopathy due to other causes using data gathered from the history, physical and neurological exam, and further investigations. Identifying the underlying cause of encephalopathy has important treatment implications. This review outlines conditions that cause NE and may be mistaken for HIE, along with their distinguishing clinical features, pathophysiology, investigations, and treatments. NE due to brain malformations, vascular causes, neuromuscular causes, genetic conditions, neurogenetic disorders and inborn errors of metabolism, central nervous system (CNS) and systemic infections, and toxic/metabolic disturbances are discussed.
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- A G Sandoval Karamian
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Neurology, 3501 Civic Center Blvd Office 1200.12, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
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- Biochemical Geneticist, Department of Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, 8-39 Medical Sciences Building, 8613 - 144 Street, Edmonton, T6G 2H7, Alberta, Canada.
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Room B4-286, 28 Oki drive NW, Calgary, AB, T3B 6A8, Canada.
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- Trinity College, the University of Dublin, Trinity Translational Medicine Institute, Dublin, Ireland; Children's Health Ireland at Tallaght and Crumlin & and Coombe Women's and Infants University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Trinity Research in Childhood Centre (TRiCC), Trinity Academic Centre, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin 24, Ireland.
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- George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20010, USA; Neonatal Neurology Program, Children's National Hospital, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.
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- Neurology, Neonatal Neurology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto ON, M5G 1X8, Canada.
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- Deptartment of Paediatric and Child Health, University College Cork, ARm 2.32, Paediatric Academic Unit, Floor 2, Seahorse Unit, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, T12 DCA4, Ireland.
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- Division of Child Neurology, Division of Pediatrics- Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Stanford Children's Health, 750 Welch Road, Suite 317, Palo Alto, CA, 94304 USA.
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Lee HS, Lee JI, Jeon J. Congenital syphilis unusually presenting with prematurity-related severe neonatal morbidities including meconium obstruction: A case report and review of the literature. Medicine (Baltimore) 2020; 99:e22321. [PMID: 33019408 PMCID: PMC7535783 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000022321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Congenital syphilis (CS) can manifest as a variety of clinical presentations according to the severity in symptomatic infants during neonatal period. Preterm neonates with CS may have more clinical evidences of infection and be more severely affected by CS compared with term ones. With increasing survival of markedly premature infants for recent decades, CS may be a challenging problem in those with severe manifestations associated with combined pathophysiologies of CS and prematurity. PATIENT CONCERNS A very low birth weight infant at 32 weeks gestation presented with an unusual CS presentation consisting of prematurity-associated severe neonatal morbidities including meconium obstruction, prolonged cholestatic jaundice with elevated liver enzymes, and disseminated intravascular coagulation with a bleeding diathesis, in addition to common or typical manifestations of CS. DIAGNOSES Congenital syphilis. INTERVENTIONS Therapy consisting of a complete course of parenteral penicillin, blood component therapy, proximal ileotomy with inspissated meconium evacuation and distal loop ileostomy, and other conservative treatments. OUTCOMES Resolution with normal gastrointestinal function and improved liver function was observed. LESSONS This case suggests that in premature infants CS may manifest as unusual severe neonatal morbidities that may result from combination of syphilitic pathologies and contributors or conditions associated with prematurity including multisystem immaturity.
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- Pediatric surgery, CHA Gangnam Medical Center, CHA University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Ivanov D, Shabalov N, Petrenko Y, Shabalova N, Treskina NA. The specific characteristics of DIC syndrome vary with different clinical settings in the newborn. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2013; 27:1088-92. [PMID: 24087921 DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.850482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Abstract Two hundred fourteen newborns with serious perinatal pathology (posthypoxic syndrome, sepsis, surgical intervention, etc.) were examined in progress, according to 27 parameters including coagulative, trombocitic, anti-coagulative and fibrinolitic parts of hemostasis system. It was proved, that neonatal disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) syndrome had different hemostasiological patterns, which were connected with the genesis: sepsis, surgical intervention or posthypoxic syndrome. Precise periods of DIC syndrome are not always presented in newborns. DIC syndrome with neonatal sepsis has two different patterns (overcompensated and decompensated). The manifestation of trombo-hemorrhagic disorders and their characteristics depend on the genesis of DIC syndrome (e.g. an infection process and hyperbilirubinemia can provide the appearance of hemorrhagic syndrome).
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- Dmitry Ivanov
- Federal Center of Blood, Heart and Endocrinology by V.A. Almazov , St-Petersburg , Russia and
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