Key result
A male newborn of a mother with pregestational Type 1 diabetes presented with an absent right radius, hypoplastic right thumb, and horseshoe kidney.
Why the study?
Women with pregestational diabetes have an increased risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes and birth defects, but absent radius in an infant of a diabetic mother is extremely rare.
Case Report (n=1)
No
This case report highlights a rare association between maternal pregestational diabetes and absent radius in the newborn.
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is an important disease that negatively affects fetal development and women with pregestational diabetes have an increased risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes, including a markedly increased risk for birth defects. In this report, a newborn with absent radius associated with pregestational diabetes was presented. A male newborn was born at 40th gestational week from a 20-year-old mother by cesarean section. The patient had shortness in the limbs, hypoplastic right thumb and flexion contracture at his right hand besides respiratory distress.To our knowledge, with this case report, we would like to share the second case of diabetic mother’s infant with absent radius in the literature.
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Üstün et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Absent radius associated with pregestational diabetes (n=1). Maternal pregestational diabetes was evaluated on Congenital anomalies. A male newborn of a mother with pregestational Type 1 diabetes presented with an absent right radius, hypoplastic right thumb, and horseshoe kidney.
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