A Deeper Curse: A Hirschsprung Patient's Evaluation Unmasks a Rare Association with Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome and Neuroblastoma

Abstract

We present a rare case of a 2-year-old male patient referred for primary evaluation of constipation and ultimately treatment of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) whose preoperative workup incidentally revealed a posterior paraspinal mass. Following the biopsy of the mass, the patient exhibited hypoventilation and hypoxia requiring a delayed extubation, raising suspicion for congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). We focus on the known history of associations between HSCR and CCHS, in addition to recently found genetic mutations in paired-like homeobox 2B that link HSCR, CCHS, and neuroblastoma.

Keywords

congenital central hypoventilation syndrome - Hirschsprung disease - neuroblastoma - Haddad syndrome - PHOX2B gene

Publication History

Received: 13 January 2022

Accepted: 04 October 2022

Article published online:
29 November 2022

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