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Poland sequence: Series of two cases and brief review of the literature

Poland sequence is a rare congenital anomaly involving the chest wall and arm, displaying differing degrees of severity, functional and aesthetic impairments. Here we report a series of two cases that presented to us with this anomaly. These cases illustrate, for physicians, the importance of physic...

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Autores principales: Garg, Rajiv, Saheer, S., Gupta, Vaibhav, Mehra, Sumit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558018
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.94535
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Sumario:Poland sequence is a rare congenital anomaly involving the chest wall and arm, displaying differing degrees of severity, functional and aesthetic impairments. Here we report a series of two cases that presented to us with this anomaly. These cases illustrate, for physicians, the importance of physical diagnosis and reinforce the practice of looking for additional anomalies when one is discovered.