Diagnostic Image

Volume 3 - Issue 7

Diagnostic Image

Dr. Pushkala*

Consultant Pediatrician, Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India

*Correspondence: lakshmisundararajan@gmail.com

History

A 12-year girl presented with acute gastroenteritis with severe dehydration. She was incidentally found to have this finding:

Diagnosis:A Bifid Uvula

Notes:

1. Also called the submucous cleft palate.
2. May cause velopharyngeal insufficiency, middle ear infections and nasal intonation.
3. Prevalence rates 0.18% - 10.3% (rare)

Associated syndromes:

1. Loeys-Dietz syndrome
2. Cornelia de Lange syndrome
3. 22q11 deletion

References

1. Saudi J Anaesth. 2013 Oct-Dec; 7(4): 482-484.
2. Lowys BL, Schwarze U, Holm T, Callewaert BL, Thomas GH, Pannu H, et al. Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in TGF - beta receptor. N Engl J Med 2006; 355; 788-98