NEONATAL CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS: A CASE REPORT OF 81 CASES EXPERIENCE OF THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, CHU MED VI TANGIER

The aim of this study is to describe and analyze the various congenital malformations diagnosed in our department, and to cite some probable etiological factors. Over a one-year period, we collected 81 cases of newborns with clinically apparent congenital malformations. Boys were the most affected in 55.5% of cases, with a sex ratio of 1.25. Musculoskeletal malformations accounted for 30.8% (25 cases), followed by polymalformations 27.1% (22 cases), CNS malformations 22.2%, digestive tract and anterior abdominal wall malformations 12.3% (10 cases) and urogenital malformations 7. 4% (6 cases of hypospadias). We noted a relationship between the occurrence of congenital malformations and advanced maternal age (p<0.05), parity (p<0.05), the presence of a chronic pathology in the mother, mainly diabetes (p=0.02), and family history of congenital malformation (p<0.001).