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Mohammad Karimian

Mohammad Karimian

Academic rank: Assistant Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Science
Address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar 47416-95447, Iran.
Phone: 01135302401

Research

Title
Partial Atrioventricular Septal Defect in a Case of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: A Rare Association
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Mohaddeseh Behjati, Fatemeh Tohidi, Mohammad Karimian
Year
2023
Journal Acta Medica Iranica
DOI
Researchers Mohaddeseh Behjati ، Fatemeh Tohidi ، Mohammad Karimian

Abstract

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) (MIM 209900) is a genetic disorder with a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations including retinal dystrophy, hypogenitalism, polydactyly, obesity, renal abnormalities and mental retardation. We describe a 13-year-old girl, a known case of Bardet-Biedl syndrome, who was going to undergo hysterectomy due to hydrometrocolpous. She was homozygous autosomal recessive for gene BS57. She was obese and had impaired vision, renal abnormality, borderline intelligence, recurrent urinary tract infection, menstrual problems, normal secondary sex chrematistics and corrected polydactylies. She had also big nose, thin upper lip, slightly everted lower lip, small mouth and retrognathia. Her electrocardiography showed incomplete right bundle branch block. We identified atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD). In conclusion, physicians who deal with cases who suffered from Bardet-Biedl syndrome, should be vigilant about seeking for identification of cardiac anomalies such as partial AVSD. This leads to earlier identification of the existing cardiovascular disease which facilitates appliance of curative measures.