Elevated alpha-fetoprotein in a 3-month-old infant: the significance in a patient with beckwith-wiedemann syndrome

• Main Authors: Wong, Suet Yin, Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna, Abdul Hamid, Hanisah, C. Thambiah, Subashini, Lai, Yin Ye, Zahari Sham, Siti Yazmin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2023
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107647/1/2023122608303112_2023-0283.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107647/; https://medic.upm.edu.my/jurnal_kami/volume_19_2023/mjmhs_vol19_supp_16_december_2023-77004

A 3-month-old female infant with omphalocele, posterior cleft palate and bilateral hydronephrosis was inadvertently discovered to have macroglossia, hepatomegaly, and facial nevus flammeus during hospitalisation for community-acquired pneumonia. A clinical diagnosis of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (B...