Sudden death in childhood in a case of the G syndrome

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Abstract
We report on the unexpected death at almost 8 years of a boy with the G syndrome who had successfully survived many prior life‐threatening complications of the condition. The patient had a characteristic facial appearance, hypertelorism, second‐degree hypospadias, stridor and cough on feeding with aspiration of barium, and uncoordi‐nated esophageal swallowing mechanism, but no obvious laryngotracheobranchial defect on endoscopy (or coroner's autopsy). He had had a prior cardiac arrest and had outgrown need for a tracheostomy. Aspiration is presumed to be the cause of death.