[Macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita].

BACKGROUND

Macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita is a multiple congenital anomaly/mental retardation syndrome described in 1997 in children with macrocephaly, cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita and several other abnormalities.

CASE REPORT

A six month-old boy was seen for hyperplasia of the right side of the body. Clinical examination disclosed overgrowth, macrocephaly, a generalized reticulated, blue-violet vascular network, partial bilateral syndactyly between the 2nd and 3rd toes, and several superficial capillary malformations. Psychomotor development was normal. Brain MRI showed enlargement of the right lateral ventricle and hemisphere in relation to the left side but without malformation. Radiological examination of the skeleton showed asymmetry of the limbs.

DISCUSSION

The patient reported herein presented macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita syndrome characterized by macrocephaly and more than two of the main reported findings comprising cutis marmorata, superficial vascular anomaly, syndactyly and asymmetry. We set out the major components of this polymalformative syndrome that are rarely reported in the dermatologic literature.