Renal Abnormalities in the Russell-Silver Syndrome

Haslam et al.,1 reporting abnormal excretory urograms or cystograms in four of six children with the Russell-Silver syndrome (RSS), stress the importance of thorough urological examination of RSS cases. In a recent review of 100 cases of hemihypertrophy,2 which is one feature of the RSS, similar urinary excretory defects are mentioned. We present a typical case of RSS with a urinary malformation resembling that of Haslam's case 2. CASE REPORT K.T., a male infant 1 month of age and admitted to our hospital because of sudden dyspnea, is the third child of healthy Oriental Jews.