Prader-Willi症候群の1例

A CASE OF THE PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME

緒言

　1956年，Prader,Labhart,Willi^1）により提唱され，1968年，Zellwegerら^2）により確立されたPrader-Willi症候群は，別名Hypotonia-Hypo-mentia-Hypogonadism-obesity　（H_3）O）症候群とも称され，近年その報告例が増加しつつある。最近，われわれは本症候群の1例を経験したので報告する。

The patient was a 5-year old boy by a full-term normal spontaneous delivery, weighing 2.7kg. The mother had realized an inertia of quickening of the fetus in utero during her pregnancy.

At a newborn infancy and early infancy, he was less active in body movement, cried weakly and was unable to swallow and suck sufficietly. In a later infancy, he had a mental retardation and limited vocabulary.

He was consulted by a doctor because of a loss of bilateral scrotal contents, at the age of 2, and diagnosed as bilateral cryptorchidism and hypoplasia of the penis and scrotum.