Respiratory obstruction and cor pulmonale in the Hallermann-Streiff syndrome

✍ Scribed by Robinow, Meinhard

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 207 KB
• Volume: 41
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-7299
• DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320410427

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The risk of respiratory death in the Hallermann‐Streiff syndrome is not insignificant, particularly in the neonatal period and in infancy. Upper airway obstruction may result from small nares and glossoptosis secondary to micrognathia, which sometimes lead to cor pulmonale. I report on a patient with such problems.