J Res Notes | Volume 2, Issue 2 | Case Report | Open Access

The Case Number 104 of Sanjad Sakati Richardson Kirk Syndrome

Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi^1,2*

¹Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Psychiatry, Children Teaching Hospital of Baghdad Medical City, Iraq ²Iraq Headquarter of Copernicus Scientists International Panel, Iraq

^*Correspondance to: Aamir Jalal Al Mosawi 

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Abstract

The syndrome of severe growth retardation, mental retardation, and chronic hypocalcemia caused by hypoparathyroidism was first reported by Sanjad, Sakati, and Abu-Osba in 1988. Sanjad, Sakati, and Abu-Osba presented a part of a full description of the syndrome in five infants at the 58^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pediatric Research, Washington DC, May 1988. Later, they published a more completed description of the syndrome in 1991. The paper of 1991 which was authored by more authors and included twelve patients. However, the syndrome was first fully described in 1990 by Ricky J Richardson from the Sick Children Hospital of Great Ormond Street in London, and Jeremy MW Kirk from St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. Richardson and Kirk emphasized that this association of a previously un-described congenital anomalies represented a new syndrome that was observed in eight children of Middle Eastern origin. They thought that early recognition of this rare disorder may decrease the associated morbidity and mortality. The total number of the reported patients with Sanjad-Sakati-Richardson-Kirk syndrome is 103. Sanjad-Sakati-Richardson-Kirk syndrome has not been reported before in Iraq. The main aim of paper is to describe the first case of this syndrome in Iraq which is the case number 104 in the world.

Keywords:

Sanjad-Sakati-Richardson-Kirk syndrome; Hypoparathyroidism; Chronic hypocalcemia

Citation:

Al Mosawi AJ. The Case Number 104 of Sanjad Sakati Richardson Kirk Syndrome. J Res Notes. 2019; 2(2): 1014..