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Case Reports
. 2013 Jul;19(3):349-51.
doi: 10.4103/0971-6866.120824.

Poland syndrome a rare congenital anomaly

Aliyu Ibrahim  1 , Abdallah Ramatu, Akhiwu Helen
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Case Reports

Poland syndrome a rare congenital anomaly

Aliyu Ibrahim et al. Indian J Hum Genet. 2013 Jul.

Abstract

Poland syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly classically consisting of unilateral hypoplasia of the sternocostal head of the pectoralis major muscle and ipsilateral brachysyndactyly. It was first described by Alfred Poland in 1840 and may occur with different gravity. Our patient is an eight-year-old Nigerian girl with left-sided anterior chest wall defect with no detectable structural heart abnormality but presented with repeated episodes of syncopal attacks following minor trauma to the anterior chest wall.

Keywords: Nigeria; Poland; pectoralis major; syndrome.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
The opening of the esophago-cutaneous fistula
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Figure 2
Left anterior chest wall defect with hypoplastic, displaced left nipple
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Figure 3
Posterior view of the patient showing hypoplastic displaced left scapula
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Figure 4
Chest X-ray showing left side anterior chest wall deformity with absent 3rd, 4th and 5th ribs
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