Alagille syndrome

A rare syndrome variably characterized by chronic cholestasis due to paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts, peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis, vertebrae segmentation anomalies, characteristic facies, posterior embryotoxon/anterior segment abnormalities, pigmentary retinopathy, and dysplastic kidneys.

Bicuspid aortic valve

The presence of an aortic valve with two instead of the normal three cusps (flaps). Bicuspid aortic valvue is a malformation of a commissure (small space between the attachment of each cusp to the aortic wall) and the adjacent parts of the two corresponding cusps forming a raphe (the fused area of the two underdeveloped cusps turning into a malformed commissure between both cusps; the raphe is a fibrous ridge that extends from the commissure to the free edge of the two underdeveloped, conjoint cusps).


Total: 1

                      


(per page)
PMID (PMCID)
20818316
MALE Adult
Alagille syndrome: an unusual presentation of an uncommon disease.
Funk M, Cohen M, Santana O.
South Med J. 2010;103(10):1049-51.
To our knowledge, this is the first case of Alagille syndrome associated with severe aortic stenosis due to a bicuspid aortic valve.