Does Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome require intensive Wilms tumour surveillance?

CP McGrath, MA Boyle - Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2021 - adc.bmj.com
A term boy is admitted to neonatal intensive care unit on day 1 of life for respiratory distress
syndrome requiring continuous positive airway pressure. His birth weight is 3.86 kg at 37 …

Recognition and management of the infant with Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome

PS Spivey, WT Bradshaw - Advances in Neonatal Care, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Beckwith–Wiedemann Syndrome (BWS) is the most common overgrowth syndrome
in infancy. The characteristic findings are macroglossia, abdominal wall defects, and …

Sudden death in an 8-week-old infant with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

ME Herrmann, D Mileusnic, M Jorden… - The American Journal …, 2000 - journals.lww.com
The authors report a case of a 2-month-old girl diagnosed with Beckwith-Wiedemann
syndrome (BWS) who was born prematurely and died suddenly in the hospital just before …

Hypoglycemia in beckwith-wiedemann syndrome

MR DeBaun, AA King, N White - Seminars in perinatology, 2000 - Elsevier
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is an overgrowth syndrome associated with
macrosomia, macroglossia, abdominal wall defects, hypoglycemia in the neonatal period …

Minimal expression of the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and bilateral Wilms' tumor

GS Pai - American Journal of Diseases of Children, 1988 - jamanetwork.com
Sir.—A 28-year-old gravida II, para I woman was referred for genetic counseling because of
a Wilms' tumor in her previous child. Her daughter had been born at term, weighed 4.2 kg …

Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Review: A Guide for the Neonatal Nurse.

M Zammit, E Caruana, D Cassar… - Neonatal …, 2017 - search.ebscohost.com
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is die most common pediatric overgrowth syndrome.
Features characteristic of the BWS phenotype include both physical attributes, such as …

Is intensive follow‐up for early detection of tumors effective in children with Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome?

AD Cataldo, R Haupt, P Fabietti, G Schilirò - Clinical genetics, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Two cases of Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome who developed malignant tumor and
eventually died are reported. The patients followed two different screening programs for …

Hyperinsulinism and beckwith-wiedemann syndrome

CFJ Munns, JA Batch - Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and …, 2001 - fn.bmj.com
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a congenital overgrowth syndrome first described
by Beckwith in 1963. 1 The incidence of BWS is about 1: 13 700 births, with an equal sex …

Familial Beckwith‐Wiedemann syndrome in a multigenerational family: Forty years of careful phenotyping

LG Best, KA Duffy, AM George… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Beckwith‐Wiedemann Spectrum (BWSp) is an overgrowth and cancer
predisposition disorder characterized by a wide spectrum of phenotypic manifestations …

[HTML][HTML] Management of Macroglossia Secondary to Beckwith-Weidmann Syndrome in a Pediatric Patient: A Case Report

D Solanki, P Fulzele, N Bhola - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS) is a rare genetic disorder, distinguished by the
following characteristics: macrosomia, macroglossia, abdominal wall deformities such as …