TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Cri-du-Chat Syndrome A1 - Bissonnette, Bruno A1 - Luginbuehl, Igor A1 - Engelhardt, Thomas Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications, 2e AB - This is a medical condition characterized by infants that have a cry that is similar to a meowing kitten as a result of laryngeal dysfunction. The clinical features include a high-pitched, cat-like cry in the newborn period, severe mental retardation, facial anomalies, scoliosis, muscular hypotonia, and congenital cardiac (eg, atrial and/or ventricular septal defects, tetralogy of Fallot, pulmonary stenosis, tricuspid regurgitation, patent ductus arteriosus, pulmonary hypertension) and renal defects (eg, horseshoe kidneys, renal ectopia, hydronephrosis). About one-third of children lose the cry by age of 2 years. Affected individuals may also present with cleft lip and palate, preauricular tags, thymic dysplasia, intestinal malrotation, and hypospadias. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/07 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1164067165 ER -