Orthopaedics and Trauma
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 164-166, April 2010

Cri du Chat syndrome

Lyndsay Cuming Medical Student Bristol University, UK

Donna Diamond DcR(R) BSc PgC Superintendent Paediatric Radiographer, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK

Rouin Amirfeyz FRCS (Trauma & Orth) MSc MD Specialist Registrar in Trauma & Orthopaedics, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK

Martin Gargan FRCS (Trauma & Orth) MA Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK

Abstract 

Cri du Chat syndrome is a rare genetic condition affecting the short arm of chromosome 5. A range of clinical features, including the characteristic “cat-like” cry and developmental delay, is recognized in children with the syndrome. A higher incidence of certain paediatric orthopaedic conditions such as scoliosis, developmental dysplasia of the hip and pes planus and varus has also been observed.

Keywords: Cri du Chat, developmental dysplasia of the hip, pes planus, pes varus, scoliosis

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PII: S1877-1327(09)00174-2

doi:10.1016/j.mporth.2009.11.002

Orthopaedics and Trauma
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 164-166, April 2010

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