Congenital rubella syndrome

Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is an infectious embryofetopathy that may present in an infant as a result of maternal infection and subsequent fetal infection with rubella virus. CRS can lead to deafness, cataract, and variety of other permanent manifestations including cardiac and neurological defects.

Microcephaly

Head circumference below 2 standard deviations below the mean for age and gender.


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PMID (PMCID)
27220231
(5712918)
 MALE
Secondary congenital aphakia.
Ionescu C, Dascalescu D, Cristea M, Schmitzer S, Cioboata M, Iancu R, Corbu C.
Rom J Ophthalmol. 2016;60(1):37-9.
A 2-year-old patient, diagnosed with congenital rubella syndrome including sensorineural deafness, congenital heart disease, intellectual disability, microcephaly, microphthalmia, and congenital cataract, presented to our clinic for the surgical treatment of cataract.
11213556
 MIXED_SAMPLE Infant, Newborn
[Congenital infection: diagnostic serology of the mother not always definitive].
Verboon-Maciolek MA, Gerards LJ, Stoutenbeek P, van Loon AM.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2001;145(4):153-6.
The infants were born with typical symptoms of multisystem disease, known as symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus infection (jaundice, petechiae, hepatosplenomegaly, intrauterine growth retardation, microcephaly and cerebral calcifications) and congenital rubella syndrome (intrauterine growth retardation, congenital heart disease, cataract, hepatosplenomegaly and cerebral calcifications), respectively.