Table 1 Clinical features of patients with congenital disorders of glycosylation presenting with hydrops fetalis.
| Sex | De Koning et al11 | de Koning et al11 | Aronica et al13 | Noelle et al14 | Patient 1, this study | Patient 2, this study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | M | M | F | M | F | |
| Hydrops | ||||||
| Diagnosis | At birth, 32 weeks | Ultrasound, 30 weeks | Ultrasound, 20 weeks | At birth, 40 weeks | Ultrasound, 29 weeks | Ultrasound, 35 weeks |
| Oedema | +* | +* | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ |
| Ascites | +* | +* | +* | + (autopsy) | ++ | + |
| Pleural effusion | +* | +* | +* | + (autopsy) | + | − |
| Pericardial effusion | NS | NS | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
| Dysmorphic features | ||||||
| Facial | + | + | + | NS | + | + |
| Inverted nipples | NS | NS | + | + | + | + |
| Fat pads | NS | NS | NS | NS | − | + |
| Peau d'orange | NS | NS | NS | + | − | + |
| Contractures | NS | NS | + | NS | − | − |
| Other symptoms | ||||||
| Cardiomyopathy | NS | Dilated | Hypertrophic | Hypertrophic | Hypertrophic | − |
| Hepatomegaly | NS | + | + | NS | + | − |
| Hypalbuminaemia | NS | NS | + | NS | + | + |
| Thrombocytopenia | NS | NS | +* | + | + | + |
| Anaemia | NS | NS | −* | + | + | +/− |
| Hyperferritinaemia | NS | NS | NS | + | + | + |
| Cerebellar atrophy | − (autopsy) | − (autopsy) | + (autopsy) | + (autopsy) | − (autopsy) | + (MRI) |
| Death | 2 days | 2 weeks | 1 month | 8 weeks | 7 days | 2 months |
| Mutations | CDG‐Ik | CDG‐Ik | T237R | F157S | c.160_161insG | F157S |
| V231M | F119L | F119L | F119L | |||
F, female; M, male; NS, not specified; +, present; −, absent.
*Information from personal communication (see Acknowledgements).