Fanconi ’ s anemia

Frequency of Hypothyroidism in Fanconi Anemia

Background: Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare, autosomal recessive (AR) and multifactorial disorder. A high prevalence of FA observed in Iran is perhaps due to the high rate of consanguineous marriages. This study investigates the extent of short stature in patients with FA, the frequency of hypothyroidism in FA and the correlation between height and hypothyroidism. Methods: Eighteen patients with ...

Fanconi Anemia Concurrent with an Unusual Thumb Polydactyly: A Case Report

  This case report presents a case of Fanconi’s Anemia with an unusual thumb polydactyly in a 2-year old boy. The extra thumb had no nail, nail bed and distal phalanx. The extra thumb had no active motion.The duplication of the thumb occurred at the carpometacarpal joint but its morphology did not match with any classification described for thumb polydactyly. Although his thumb polydactyly was ...

بررسی بالینی و بقای 36 کودک مبتلا به آنمی فانکونی

Fanconi anemia is the most prevalent form of inherited aplastic anemia which is characterized by progressive bone marrow failure, congenital anomalies and cancer susceptibility. Common anomalies are skeletal abnormalities, skin pigmentation disorder, short stature, head abnormalities, kidney and gonad disorders respectively. Complications of fanconi anemia include: leukemia due to defective DNA...

گزارش یک مورد اسکواموس سل کارسینوما در یک زن جوان با سابقه آنمی فانکونی (Fanconi's anemia)

Fanconi syndrome was first described in 1927 by G.Fanconi. Fanconi syndrome with congenital aplastic anemia is a hereditary disorder in which peripheral blood Pancytopenia and bone marrow hypoplasiais often associated with multiple somatic congenital malformations such as microcephaly, skeletal anomalies (absence or hypoplasia of radial or thumb or both of them), brown hyperpigmentation of the ...

Fanconi anemia and novel strategies for therapy.

Congenital hypoplastic anemia associated with multiple developmental defects (Fanconi syndrome).