Maternal diabetes and fetal malformations : a case associating cardiovascular, facial and skeletal malformations

Maternal diabetes is known to be a condition associated with a high frequency of fetal malformations. However, pathogenic factors for these malformations and their possible classification into different entities are not yet well established. We present the case of an infant born to a diabetic mother and affected by several malformations. This report consolidates different hypotheses put forward in recent years.