C H A R G E Association (etiology unknown)

Percent*

80% Coloboma - ranging from isolated iris coloboma, without visual impairment, to clinical anophthalmos; retinal coloboma most common.
Heart defect - tetralogy of Fallot, patent ductus arteriosus, double outlet right ventricle with an atrioventricular canal, ventricular septal/atrial septal defect, right-sided aortic arch.
58% Atresia choanae - passageway from posterior nasal cavity into the nasopharynx closed, membranous and/or bony.
87% Retarded physical growth and/or mental development (usually normal birth weight, but delayed growth during the first 6 months post-natally); CNS deficiency
75% Genital hypoplasia - hypogonadism, especially in males.
88% Ear anomalies and/or deafness - ranging from small ears without malformation, to cup-shaped lop ears; either sensorineural or mixed sensorineural and conductive deafness (ranging from mild to profound).

Other findings: mogrognathia; cleft lip; facial palsy; feeding/ sucking problems as a result of velopharyngeal incompetence; renal abnormalities; omphalocele; tracheoesophageal fistula; rib anomalies; ptosis.

Caused by: altered morphogenesis during 2nd month of gestation.

* Percent of children who have this characteristic as part of the CHARGE Association syndrome.

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