Preferential associated anomalies in 818 cases of microtia in South america

• Autores: Luquetti, Daniela V.; Cox, Thimoty C.; López Camelo, Jorge Santiago; Dutra, Maria da Graça; Cunningham, Michael L.; Castilla, Eduardo Enrique
• Año de publicación: 2013
• Idioma: inglés
• Tipo de recurso: artículo
• Materia: Associated anomalies; South America
• Institución: Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

The etiology of microtia remains unknown in most cases. The identification of patterns of associated anomalies (i.e., other anomalies that occur with a given congenital anomaly in a higher than expected frequency), is a methodology that has been used for research into the etiology of birth defects. We conducted a study based on cases of microtia that were diagnosed from more than 5 million live (LB)- and stillbirths (SB) examined in hospitals participating in ECLAMC (Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations) between 1967 and 2009. We identified 818 LB and SB with microtia and at least one additional non-related major congenital anomaly (cases) and 15,969 LB and SB with two or more unrelated major congenital anomalies except microtia (controls). A logistic regression analysis was performed to identify the congenital anomalies preferentially associated with microtia. Preferential associations were observed for 10 congenital anomalies, most of them in the craniofacial region, including facial asymmetry, choanal atresia, and eyelid colobomata. The analysis by type of microtia showed that for anomalies such as cleft lip and palate, macrostomia, and limb reduction defects, the frequency increased with the severity of the microtia. In contrast, for other anomalies the frequency tended to be the same across all types of microtia. Based on these results we will integrate data on the developmental pathways related to preferentially associated congenital anomalies for future studies investigating the etiology of microtia.
Fil: Luquetti, Daniela V.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos. Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Cox, Thimoty C.. Monash University; Australia. University of Washington; Estados Unidos
Fil: López Camelo, Jorge Santiago. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. CEMIC-CONICET. Centro de Educaciones Médicas e Investigaciones Clínicas "Norberto Quirno". CEMIC-CONICET.; Argentina
Fil: Dutra, Maria da Graça. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Brasil
Fil: Cunningham, Michael L.. University of Washington; Estados Unidos. Seattle Children’s Research Institute; Estados Unidos
Fil: Castilla, Eduardo Enrique. Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones Clínicas “Norberto Quirno”; Argentina. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz; Brasil. Instituto Nacional de Genética Médica Populacional; Brasil