Sirenomelia Apus: A Rare Deformity

Sirenomelia also known as the mermaid syndrome, is a rare congenital malformation of uncertain etiology. It is characterized by fusion of the lower limbs and commonly associated with severe urogenital and gastrointestinal malformations. There are approximately 300 cases reported in the literature, 1...

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Autores principales: Kshirsagar, Vinayak Y., Ahmed, Minhajuddin, Colaco, Sylvia M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24027712
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.101699
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description Sirenomelia also known as the mermaid syndrome, is a rare congenital malformation of uncertain etiology. It is characterized by fusion of the lower limbs and commonly associated with severe urogenital and gastrointestinal malformations. There are approximately 300 cases reported in the literature, 15% of which are associated with twinning, most often monozygotic. The syndrome of caudal regression is thought to be the result of injury to the caudal mesoderm early in gestation.
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spelling pubmed-37620232013-09-11 Sirenomelia Apus: A Rare Deformity Kshirsagar, Vinayak Y. Ahmed, Minhajuddin Colaco, Sylvia M. J Clin Neonatol Case Report Sirenomelia also known as the mermaid syndrome, is a rare congenital malformation of uncertain etiology. It is characterized by fusion of the lower limbs and commonly associated with severe urogenital and gastrointestinal malformations. There are approximately 300 cases reported in the literature, 15% of which are associated with twinning, most often monozygotic. The syndrome of caudal regression is thought to be the result of injury to the caudal mesoderm early in gestation. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3762023/ /pubmed/24027712 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.101699 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sirenomelia Apus: A Rare Deformity
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title_short Sirenomelia Apus: A Rare Deformity
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3762023/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24027712
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