Escobar Syndrome - A Case Report in A Newborn

1. Major, Child Specialist, Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka 2. Colonel, Child Specialist & Neonatologist, Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka 3. Brigadier General, Neonatologist, Head of the dept. of Paediatrics, AFMC, Dhaka Correspondence: Dr. Nure Ishrat Nazme, E-mail: nazssmc@ gmail.com. Introduction: Escobar syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is also called “multiple pterygium syndrome.” Multiple pterygium syndrome is manifested by two types lethal and the non-lethal type. The more severe presentation, the lethal multiple pterygium syndrome comprises intrauterine growth retardation, multiple pterygia of the neck, elbows and knees, arthrogryposis and internal anomalies including fetal hydrops with cystic hygroma, microcephaly, cerebellar and pontine hypoplasia, cardiac and lung hypoplasia, intestinal malrotation, obstructive uropathy and cryptorchidism.1 Escobar syndrome is the name given to the non-lethal type of multiple pterygium syndrome. The most distinguishing characteristic features of this syndrome are congenital arthrogryposis, pterygia and spine deformities.2