Incomplete duplication of a lower extremity (polymelia): a case report

INTRODUCTION: Polymelia, or congenital duplication of a limb, is an extremely rare entity in humans, with few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a six-month-old Hispanic boy born with a lower limb bud on the left posterior thigh. CONCLUSION: The infant had a...

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Autores principales: Montalvo, Nelson, Redrobán, Ligia, Espín, Victor Hugo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24920152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-184
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description INTRODUCTION: Polymelia, or congenital duplication of a limb, is an extremely rare entity in humans, with few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a six-month-old Hispanic boy born with a lower limb bud on the left posterior thigh. CONCLUSION: The infant had a favorable outcome and evolution after surgical treatment of his supernumerary limb, with no after-effects or impairment whatsoever.
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spelling pubmed-40776432014-07-02 Incomplete duplication of a lower extremity (polymelia): a case report Montalvo, Nelson Redrobán, Ligia Espín, Victor Hugo J Med Case Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: Polymelia, or congenital duplication of a limb, is an extremely rare entity in humans, with few cases reported in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: We present the case of a six-month-old Hispanic boy born with a lower limb bud on the left posterior thigh. CONCLUSION: The infant had a favorable outcome and evolution after surgical treatment of his supernumerary limb, with no after-effects or impairment whatsoever. BioMed Central 2014-06-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4077643/ /pubmed/24920152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-184 Text en Copyright © 2014 Montalvo et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited.
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title_full Incomplete duplication of a lower extremity (polymelia): a case report
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title_full_unstemmed Incomplete duplication of a lower extremity (polymelia): a case report
title_short Incomplete duplication of a lower extremity (polymelia): a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4077643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24920152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-8-184
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