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Alex

 

 

 
Prenatal Findings
- Mom had gestational diabetes diet controlled.
 
Birth
- Born at 37 1/2 weeks via vaginal delivery.
 
Build / Stature
- Short stature
- Hemihypertrophy
Head
- Metopic craniosynotosis
- Plagiocephaly
Face
- Orbital hypertelorism
- Right hemifacial microsomia
Eyes
- Nystagmus
- Strabismus - had surgery, but did not correct
Hair
- Mild hirsutism
 
Neck
- Torticollis
Spine
- Spinal compression due to progressive scoliosis
Lower Limb
- Right leg muscle mass less than left leg
Skeletal
- Osteoporosis
Respiratory System
- Asthma
Alimentary Tract
- GERD, Fundoplication and pyloroplasty performed
- Dysmotility
 
Cardiac
- Benign heart murmur
- Tachycardia due to autonomic dysfunction
 
Allergies
- Latex
- Soy and Dairy
- Erythromycin
 
Neurological
- Seizures - partial and complex
- Non-REM motor parainsomnia or restless leg syndrome

- Small fiber autonomic neuropathy
- Autonomic dysfunction
- Degenerative Neuromuscular disorder

 
Neurological Structural
- Ventriculomegaly
 
Neurological Functional
- Hypotonia
- Dysphasia
Development
- Global developmental delays - gross motor, speech and fine motor delays
Feeding
- 100% J tube dependent
- Failure to thrive
 
Other
- Monocular XT
Chromosome Findings
- Duplication 22q13.32q13.33
- Deletion 7q31.1
Laboratory Test and Findings
- UBE3A negative
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome negative
- Allan-Hernandon-Dudley Syndrome negative
- Mitochondrial testing negative
- Signature Chip Microarray 22q13.32q13.33 interstitial duplication
- CPK normal
- Fatty acid, long chain  normal
- DNA for L1CAM normal
- Rett Syndrome MECP2 Sequencing no mutations detected
- Rett Syndrome Del/Dup no mutations detected
Seen By
- Endocrinology
- Genetics
- Gastroenterology
- Neurology
- Ophthalmology
- Metabolic
- Pediatrician
- Craniofacial
- Orthopedics
- Physical Medicine
- NIH Undiagnosed Program
- ENT
- Dentistry
- Autonomic Clinic
 
Surgeries
- Excision of cyst (epidermal inclusion cyst and inflammed lymph nodes) - 08/09, 05/09, 06/08
- Strabismus surgery - 06/09
- MRI/MRS of brain - 06/09, 03/07
- Tympanostomy bilaterally - 05/09, 04/07
- Moved bone in nose - 05/09
- EGD - 04/09, 11/07
- Botox shots in stomach for dysmotility - 04/09
- Excision of excessive granulation tissue around G/J tube - 11/08
- Nissen fundoplication and pyloroplasty - 09/08
- MRA - 09/08
- Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy 04/08
- PEG tube placement - 09/07
- Muscle biopsy - 09/07 - negative for mitochondrial disease
- Upper GI - 02/07

Contact: Joanna mom to Alex at alpaca_crossing@yahoo.com

Website: www.caringbridge.org/alex_lawrence

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