Severe Cardiac and Ophthalmologic Malformations in an Infant Exposed to Diphenylhydantoin in Utero

Abstract

A newborn male infant with multiple congenital malformations including lethal cardiac malformations and severe ophthalmic malformations is described. The infant was exposed in utero to hydantoin. There is no other identifiable cause for the malformations apparent in the infant's or his family's history.