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Vascular ring

MedGen UID:
65131
Concept ID:
C0221214
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Vascular Ring; Vascular Rings
SNOMED CT: Vascular ring of aorta (66403007); Vascular ring (110409004); Vascular ring - disorder (66403007); Vascular ring (66403007)
 
HPO: HP:0010775

Definition

A developmental defect of the aortic arch system in which the trachea and esophagus are completely encircled by connected segments of the aortic arch and its branches. This occurs if the normal process of regression and persistence of the bilateral embryonic aortic arches fails. [from HPO]

Conditions with this feature

Lymphedema-atrial septal defects-facial changes syndrome
MedGen UID:
383042
Concept ID:
C2677167
Disease or Syndrome
This syndrome is characterized by congenital lymphedema of the lower limbs, atrial septal defect and a characteristic facies (a round face with a prominent forehead, a flat nasal bridge with a broad nasal tip, epicanthal folds, a thin upper lip and a cleft chin). It has been described in two brothers and a sister. Transmission appears to be autosomal recessive.
Megalencephaly-polymicrogyria-polydactyly-hydrocephalus syndrome 1
MedGen UID:
861164
Concept ID:
C4012727
Disease or Syndrome
MPPH (megalencephaly-postaxial polydactyly-polymicrogyria-hydrocephalus) syndrome is a developmental brain disorder characterized by megalencephaly (brain overgrowth) with the cortical malformation bilateral perisylvian polymicrogyria (BPP). At birth the occipital frontal circumference (OFC) ranges from normal to 6 standard deviations (SD) above the mean for age, sex, and gestational age; in older individuals the range is from 3 to 10 SD above the mean. A variable degree of ventriculomegaly is seen in almost all children with MPPH syndrome; nearly 50% of individuals have frank hydrocephalus. Neurologic problems associated with BPP include oromotor dysfunction (100%), epilepsy (50%), and mild-to-severe intellectual disability (100%). Postaxial hexadactyly occurs in 50% of individuals with MPPH syndrome.
TELO2-related intellectual disability-neurodevelopmental disorder
MedGen UID:
934745
Concept ID:
C4310778
Disease or Syndrome
You-Hoover-Fong syndrome (YHFS) is an autosomal recessive disorder with clinical features of global developmental delay, impaired intellectual development, dysmorphic facial features, microcephaly, abnormal movements, and abnormal auditory and visual function (You et al., 2016).
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome due to CREBBP mutations
MedGen UID:
1639327
Concept ID:
C4551859
Disease or Syndrome
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is characterized by distinctive facial features, broad and often angulated thumbs and halluces, short stature, and moderate-to-severe intellectual disability. The characteristic craniofacial features are downslanted palpebral fissures, low-hanging columella, high palate, grimacing smile, and talon cusps. Prenatal growth is often normal, then height, weight, and head circumference percentiles rapidly drop in the first few months of life. Short stature is typical in adulthood. Obesity may develop in childhood or adolescence. Average IQ ranges between 35 and 50; however, developmental outcome varies considerably. Some individuals with EP300-RSTS have normal intellect. Additional features include ocular abnormalities, hearing loss, respiratory difficulties, congenital heart defects, renal abnormalities, cryptorchidism, feeding problems, recurrent infections, and severe constipation.

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Biermann D, Hazekamp MG
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2022 May 27;61(6):1269-1270. doi: 10.1093/ejcts/ezac007. PMID: 35024831
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J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2022 Mar;35(3):312-321. Epub 2021 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.09.010. PMID: 34600045
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Ann Thorac Surg 2022 Feb;113(2):630-636. Epub 2021 Jan 29 doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.01.025. PMID: 33524348

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

K Rahmath MR, Durward A
Pediatr Pulmonol 2023 May;58(5):1299-1309. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1002/ppul.26345. PMID: 36790334
Labuz DF, Kamran A, Jennings RW, Baird CW
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2022 Jul;164(1):199-207. Epub 2021 Nov 11 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2021.08.089. PMID: 34922756
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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2022 Feb;30(2):217-225. Epub 2021 May 6 doi: 10.1177/02184923211015092. PMID: 33957784
Yoshimura N, Fukahara K, Yamashita A, Doi T, Yamashita S, Homma T, Yokoyama S, Aoki M, Higashida A, Shimada Y, Toritsuka D, Nagao K, Ikeno Y
Surg Today 2020 Oct;50(10):1151-1158. Epub 2019 Nov 1 doi: 10.1007/s00595-019-01907-5. PMID: 31676999
Riggle KM, Rice-Townsend SE, Waldhausen JHT
J Pediatr Surg 2017 Jul;52(7):1113-1116. Epub 2017 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.01.064. PMID: 28213995

Diagnosis

Hamersley ERS, Baldassari C
Otolaryngol Clin North Am 2024 Aug;57(4):581-587. Epub 2024 Apr 4 doi: 10.1016/j.otc.2024.02.015. PMID: 38575487
Worhunsky DJ, Levy BE, Stephens EH, Backer CL
Semin Pediatr Surg 2021 Dec;30(6):151128. Epub 2021 Oct 23 doi: 10.1016/j.sempedsurg.2021.151128. PMID: 34930596
Yoshimura N, Fukahara K, Yamashita A, Doi T, Yamashita S, Homma T, Yokoyama S, Aoki M, Higashida A, Shimada Y, Toritsuka D, Nagao K, Ikeno Y
Surg Today 2020 Oct;50(10):1151-1158. Epub 2019 Nov 1 doi: 10.1007/s00595-019-01907-5. PMID: 31676999
Hanneman K, Newman B, Chan F
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):32-51. Epub 2016 Nov 18 doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160033. PMID: 27860551
Backer CL, Mongé MC, Popescu AR, Eltayeb OM, Rastatter JC, Rigsby CK
Semin Pediatr Surg 2016 Jun;25(3):165-75. Epub 2016 Feb 22 doi: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2016.02.009. PMID: 27301603

Therapy

Wadle M, Joffe D, Backer C, Ross F
Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024 Sep;28(3):152-164. Epub 2024 Feb 20 doi: 10.1177/10892532241234404. PMID: 38379198
Farje D, Young A, Stein E, Eltayeb OM, Ghadersohi S, Hazkani I
Am J Otolaryngol 2024 Mar-Apr;45(2):104147. Epub 2023 Dec 8 doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104147. PMID: 38101126
Rato J, Zidere V, François K, Boon M, Depypere A, Simpson JM, Speggiorin S, Vigneswaran TV
J Pediatr Surg 2023 Sep;58(9):1744-1753. Epub 2023 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.02.058. PMID: 36967253
Nir V, Bentur L, Zucker-Toledano M, Gur M, Adler Z, Hanna M, Toukan Y, Masarweh K, Hakim F, Bar-Yoseph R
Pediatr Pulmonol 2022 Dec;57(12):2946-2953. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1002/ppul.26112. PMID: 35971243
Schmidt AMS, Larsen SH, Hjortdal VE
J Pediatr Surg 2018 Oct;53(10):1976-1979. Epub 2018 Jan 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.12.022. PMID: 29402450

Prognosis

Backer CL, Mongé MC, Wallen WJ, Eltayeb O
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024 Feb;167(2):413-419. Epub 2023 Jul 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.06.013. PMID: 37406764
Ruiz-Solano E, Mitchell M
Curr Cardiol Rep 2022 Oct;24(10):1495-1503. Epub 2022 Oct 3 doi: 10.1007/s11886-022-01764-8. PMID: 36190599Free PMC Article
Alvarez SGV, McBrien A
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2018 Aug;23(4):285-291. Epub 2018 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2018.03.001. PMID: 29530740
Riggle KM, Rice-Townsend SE, Waldhausen JHT
J Pediatr Surg 2017 Jul;52(7):1113-1116. Epub 2017 Feb 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.01.064. PMID: 28213995
Hanneman K, Newman B, Chan F
Radiographics 2017 Jan-Feb;37(1):32-51. Epub 2016 Nov 18 doi: 10.1148/rg.2017160033. PMID: 27860551

Clinical prediction guides

Mukharesh L, Krone KA, Hamilton TE, Shieh HF, Smithers CJ, Winthrop ZA, Muise ED, Jennings RW, Mohammed S, Demehri FR, Zendejas B, Visner GA
Pediatr Pulmonol 2024 Jul;59(7):1922-1931. Epub 2024 Apr 17 doi: 10.1002/ppul.27012. PMID: 38629381
Zhou Y, Zhou Y, Yu T, Li W, Zhang J, Zhang C
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2023 May 2;23(1):308. doi: 10.1186/s12884-023-05637-y. PMID: 37131147Free PMC Article
Nir V, Bentur L, Zucker-Toledano M, Gur M, Adler Z, Hanna M, Toukan Y, Masarweh K, Hakim F, Bar-Yoseph R
Pediatr Pulmonol 2022 Dec;57(12):2946-2953. Epub 2022 Sep 14 doi: 10.1002/ppul.26112. PMID: 35971243
Li S, Wen H, Liang M, Luo D, Qin Y, Liao Y, Ouyang S, Bi J, Tian X, Norwitz ER, Luo G
Cardiovasc Pathol 2019 Mar-Apr;39:38-50. Epub 2018 Dec 6 doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2018.11.004. PMID: 30623879
Alvarez SGV, McBrien A
Semin Fetal Neonatal Med 2018 Aug;23(4):285-291. Epub 2018 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.siny.2018.03.001. PMID: 29530740

Recent systematic reviews

Rato J, Zidere V, François K, Boon M, Depypere A, Simpson JM, Speggiorin S, Vigneswaran TV
J Pediatr Surg 2023 Sep;58(9):1744-1753. Epub 2023 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.02.058. PMID: 36967253
Mentessidou A, Avgerinos I, Avgerinos N, Skandalakis PN, Mirilas P
J Pediatr Surg 2018 Nov;53(11):2128-2135. Epub 2018 Jun 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2018.06.015. PMID: 30318282
D'Antonio F, Khalil A, Zidere V, Carvalho JS
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2016 Apr;47(4):423-32. Epub 2016 Mar 16 doi: 10.1002/uog.15805. PMID: 26643657

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