Irons Bhan syndrome
Overview
Irons-Bhan syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by lymphoedema in the legs, heart defects and a hydrocele (swollen testicles).
Symptoms
* Enlarged testicles * Lymphoedema * Heart defects * Swollen legs * Atrial septal defect
Causes
The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Irons-Bhan syndrome that are listed by the Diseases Database: * Lymphoedema-distichiasis syndrome * Noonan's syndrome * Lymphoedema praecox * Lymphangitis * Milroy's syndrome * Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome * Lymphangitis carcinomatosa * Radiotherapy * Rheumatoid disease * Cardiofaciocutaneous syndrome * Hennekam syndrome * Lymphatic filariasis * Turner's syndrome * Cumming syndrome * Cholestasis-oedema syndrome, Norwegian type
Diagnosis
Home medical testing related to Irons-Bhan syndrome: * Fatigue: Related Home Tests: o Home Anemia Tests o Home Thyroid Function Tests o Home Adrenal Function Tests o Home Calcium Deficiency Tests o Home HIV Tests
Treatment
Operative repair is advised for all patients with uncomplicated ASD with evidence of significant left-to-right shunting. Ideally, this is performed when the patient is between ages 2 and 4. Operative treatment shouldn’t be performed on patients with small defects and trivial left-to-right shunts. Because ASD seldom produces complications in infants and toddlers, surgery can be delayed until they reach preschool or early school age. A large defect may need immediate surgical closure with sutures or a patch graft. Physicians have developed a new procedure, referred to as catheter closure or transcatheter closure of the atrial septal defect, that uses wires or catheters that can close ASD without surgery. In this procedure, the surgeon makes a tiny incision in the groin to introduce the catheters. Then, he advances the catheters into the heart and places the closure device across the ASD. This procedure may not be applicable to all patients.