Sirenomelia Apus – A Case Report
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 7
Abstract
Sirenomelia (mermaid syndrome) an extreme example of caudal regression syndrome is a very rare congenital foetal anomaly which invariably presents with lower limb fusion, sacral and pelvic bony anomalies, absent external genitalia, imperforate anus, and renal agenesis or dysgenesis. There are approximately 300 cases reported in the literature. This syndrome is incompatible with life due to the association of several congenital visceral abnormalities. Our case was a live born, normally delivered at term by a 32-year-old second gravida of lower socioeconomic status with overt diabetes mellitus. Examination of the baby revealed caudal dysgenesis having fusion of lower limbs, single lower tapering web like lower extremity with no feet and absence of external genitalia and anus. The baby died minutes after birth and we report this case due to its rarity and term live birth
Authors and Affiliations
Y Tomba Singh
A Study of Acute Scrotum in Pediatric Patients
Background: The diagnosis of Pediatric acute scrotal pain can be one of the most interesting and challenging aspects in medicine. Clinical signs may be inconsistent and investigations are not always definitive in establi...
Role of MRI and Doppler Sonography in Evaluation of Soft Tissue Masses: A Comparative Study
Introduction: MRI is well established to provide excellent spatial and anatomical evaluation of soft tissue masses, however grey scale and Doppler evaluation may provide sufficient information to differentiate benign and...
Study of Macular Thickness Using Spectral Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in Healthy Indian Subjects
Purpose: To generate normative data for SD-OCT (Topcon 3D OCT 2000) estimated macular thickness in Indian eyes and establish its relation with age sex and refractive error. Materials and methods: In this cross sectional...
Laser in Endodontics
Lasers were introduced into the field of clinical dentistry with the hope of overcoming some of the drawbacks posed by the conventional methods of dental procedures. Since its first experiment for dental application in t...
Variation in the Arterial Branching Pattern of Internal Iliac Artery In human cadavers (South Indian Population)
Internal iliac Artery [IIA] is one of the terminal Branches of the common iliac artery and is the artery of the pelvis. It supplies most of the Blood to the pelvicviscera, gluteal region, medial thigh region and perineum...