OBJECTIVE To evaluate the relationship between unilateral renal agenesis and auditory abnormality, and to determine the clinical spectrum of hearing impairment in such patients. METHODS Seventy-five children with unilateral renal agenesis underwent auditory examinations. The subjects comprised 35 males and 40 females. Fourteen females had mullerian abnormalities. Another 75 schoolchildren wit...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical, radiological and genetic findings of a family affected by Currarino syndrome (CS) (agenesis of the sacrum, presacral mass, and anal-rectal anomalies), and to familiarise the radiologist with this condition that, although uncommon, could be suspected by its characteristic images. MATERIAL AND METHODS A study was made of 8 out of 9 family members (the parents...

Agenesis of dorsal pancreas is a rare developmental anomaly. We here report a case of agenesis of dorsal pancreas in a patient of periampullary carcinoma and highlight its implications on the management.

A neonate was admitted on the second day of birth in the pediatric ward of Kerman medical sciences university No. 1 Hospital, because of abdominal distention and the absence of penis. Physical findings were lethargia, infancy hyporeflexia, abdominal distention without any organomegally, absence of penis, two touchable masses in the scrotum and a hole on scrotum for urine discharge. CBC and e...

Neonatal diabetes, defined as the onset of diabetes within the first six months of life, is very rarely caused by pancreatic agenesis. Homozygous truncating mutations in the PTF1A gene, which encodes a transcriptional factor, have been reported in patients with pancreatic and cerebellar agenesis, whilst mutations located in a distal pancreatic-specific enhancer cause isolated pancreatic agenesi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the association between prenatal exposure to AEDs and the risk of dental agenesis and to differentiate between the possible effects of the different drugs used. METHODS Data on 214 exposed and 255 unexposed children, aged 12-18 years, were extracted from the Prescription Database of the Central Denmark Region and North Denmark Region and the D...

INTRODUCTION Tooth agenesis is a phenomenon that occurs relatively commonly. The incidence of the missing teeth presented in the previous reports varies according to the studied population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of tooth agenesis in a population group in Bucharest. METHODS AND RESULTS The prevalence and distribution of dental agenesis was determined in a...