Sirenomelia: A case report
Arq. ciênc. saúde
;
12(3): 159-161, jul.-set. 2005. ilus
Artigo
em Inglês
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RESUMO
Caudal regression syndrome is a congenital malformation described by various degrees of developmental failure, which the most extreme and rare form is known as sirenomelia or mermaid syndrome. The associated malformations comprise anorectal, vertebral, urological, genital, and lower limb anomalies. We reported pathological findings of sirenomelia in a female stillborn with breech presentation that was born by normal vaginal delivery at 35 weeks of pregnancy following an uneventful pregnancy of a 31-year-old woman. Physical examination at birth showed normal facies, fusion of the lower limbs with bilateral presence of hip, knee, and ankle joints, sacral meningocele, omphalocele, agenesia of female external genitalia, of anus, and of cervical vertebrae. The sirenomelia etiology is still unknown but there are suggestions of genetic and teratogenic factors involvement that were not identified in the present case. The association with the agenesis of cervical vertebrae is rare and only one case described previously in the literature was reported
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Índice:
LILACS (Américas)
Assunto principal:
Anormalidades Congênitas
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Deformidades Congênitas dos Membros
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Ectromelia
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Arq. ciênc. saúde
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Brasil
Instituição/País de afiliação:
FAMERP/BR
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