Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Turkiye Klinikleri Pediatri, cilt.21, sa.1, ss.62-64, 2012 (Scopus)
Sotos syndrome or cerebral gigantism which is characterized with long height, advanced bone age, typical face anomalies and developmental retardation is a rare genetic disorder. Excessive growth, characteristic facial appearance, advanced bone age and learning difficulty is made of the diagnostic criteria. In this syndrome, hypotonia, neurological symptoms such as seizures, neoplasms such as Wilms tumor, cardiac and genitourinary abnormalities shown. Genitourinary system anomalies such as cryptorchidism, bladder diverticulum, hypoplastic kidney, low-grade vesicoureteral reflux, phimosis, inguinal hernia, autosomal polycystic kidney disease, chronic renal failure has also been reported in this syndrome. A boy 15 months old diagnosed Sotos syndrome with bilateral vesicoureteral reflux and unilateral dysplastic kidney has been discussed in light of literature. Copyright © 2012 by Türkiye Klinikleri.