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Pai syndrome: challenging prenatal diagnosis and management

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Pai syndrome is a rare disorder that includes midline cleft lip, pericallosal lipoma and cutaneous polyp of the face. We report a case of prenatal diagnosis using sonography and MRI. We emphasize the importance of facial examination with prenatal association of midline cleft lip and pericallosal lipoma in making the diagnosis of Pai syndrome.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France

    Marie Blouet & Frédérique Belloy

  2. University of Lower Normandie, Caen, France

    Marie Blouet, Nathalie Leporrier & Guillaume Benoist

  3. Department of Pathology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France

    Corinne Jeanne-Pasquier

  4. Department of Genetics, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Caen, Caen, France

    Nathalie Leporrier

  5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Pôle Femmes-Enfants, Avenue de la côte de Nacre, 14000, Caen, France

    Guillaume Benoist

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Blouet, M., Belloy, F., Jeanne-Pasquier, C. et al. Pai syndrome: challenging prenatal diagnosis and management. Pediatr Radiol 44, 1184–1187 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-014-2966-4

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