TY - JOUR A2 - Mittal, Balraj AU - Shao, Elichilia R. AU - Kiyegi, Lucas F. AU - Mwasamwaja, Amos O. AU - Kilonzo, Kajiru AU - Hamel, Ben C. J. PY - 2017 DA - 2017/04/09 TI - Respiratory Failure due to Severe Obesity and Kyphoscoliosis in a 24-Year-Old Male with Molecularly Confirmed Prader-Willi Syndrome in Tertiary Hospital in Northern Tanzania SP - 2348045 VL - 2017 AB - Obesity, mild intellectual disability, hypotonia, poor sucking, cryptorchidism in males, hypogonadism, and kyphoscoliosis are common features of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). We report a case who had severe respiratory complications due to extreme obesity and kyphoscoliosis, which are important causes of morbidity and mortality, and discuss management. Furthermore, this is the first molecularly confirmed PWS case in Sub-Saharan Africa outside South Africa. SN - 2090-6544 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/2348045 DO - 10.1155/2017/2348045 JF - Case Reports in Genetics PB - Hindawi KW - ER -