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.

Vertebral fusion

A developmental defect leading to the union of two adjacent vertebrae.


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17295271
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Alagille syndrome: prenatal sonographic findings.
Alessandro G, Incerti M, Andreani M.
J Clin Ultrasound. 2007;35(3):156-8.
We report a case of Alagille syndrome in which sonographic examination revealed the presence of angulation of the fetal spine due to vertebral fusion as well as tetralogy of Fallot.