Sirenomelia Associated with an Anterior Abdominal Wall Defect: a Case Report

Overview

Journal J Med Case Rep

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2019 Jul 14

PMID 31300067

Citations 8

Authors

Eric Kambale Kavunga

Gabriel Kambale Bunduki

Mupenzi Mumbere

Claude Kasereka Masumbuko

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Abstract

Background: Sirenomelia is a rare and fatal congenital defect. The rarity of this case and its association with abdominal total wall defect drove us to report this case.

Case Presentation: We report a rare case of sirenomelia characterized by lower limb fusion, thoracolumbar spinal anomalies, sacrococcygeal agenesis with a rudimentary tail, and genitourinary and anorectal atresia. Coexistent anterior abdominal wall defect in this case highlights its fatalness because of complications associated with the malformation.

Conclusions: Sirenomelia syndrome has seldom been reported. The present case highlights the rare atypical association of sirenomelia with anterior abdominal wall defect. Because the investigations were done in a low-resource setting, the etiology regarding this case remains unclear.

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