Mermaids are real !! Sirenomelia: A case of mermaid baby
Keywords:
Sirenomelia, Mermaid, Polymalformative Syndrome
Abstract
We report a case of sirenomelia baby (mermaid syndrome) born to a thirty years old female at 36 weeks of gestation. It is a rare syndrome in which there is fusion of lower limbs.Classification of caudal regression syndrome (CRS) from sirenomelia is still debated. According to some authors, this syndrome should be classified separately from caudal regression syndrome and is likely to be the result of an abnormality taking place during the fourth gestational week, causing developmental abnormalities in the lower extremities, pelvis, genitalia, urinary tract and digestive organs. Despite recent progress in pathology, the etiopathogenesis of sirenomelia is still debated.References
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3. Mohammed Z. Seidahmed, Omer B. Abdelbasit, Khalid A. Alhussein,Abeer M. Miqdad, Mohammed I. Khalil, Mustafa A. Salih, Sirenomelia and severe caudal regression syndrome.Saudi Med J 2014;35:S36-S43
4. Mills JL, Baker L, Goldman AS. Malformations in infants of diabetic mothers occur before the seventh gestational week. Implications for treatment. Diabetes.1979;28:292–293.
5. Anis Fadhlaoui, Mohamed Khrouf, Soumaya Gaigi, Fethi Zhioua, Anis Chaker. The Sirenomelia Sequence: A Case History. Clin Med Insights Case Rep. 2010; 3: 41–49.
6. Stocker JT, Heifetz SA. Sirenomelia. A morphological study of 33 cases and review of the literature. Perspect Pediatr Pathol 1987; 10: 7-50.
7. Stevenson RE. Limbs. In: Stevenson RE, Hall JG, editors. Human malformations and related anomalies. 2nd ed. New York (NY): Oxford University Press; 2006. p. 835-925.
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10. Jones KL. Philadelphia (PA): Elsevier Saunders; 2006. Smith's Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation; pp. 728–729.
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12. Adra A, Cordero D, Mejides A, et al. Caudal regression syndrome: Etio-pathogenesis, prenatal diagnosis and perinatal management. Obstet Gynecol Surv. 1994;49(7):508–76.
13. Dilorenzo M, Brandt ML, Veilleux A. Sirenomelia in an identical twin. A case report. J Pediatr Surg. 1991;26:1334.
14. Murphy JJ, Fraser GC, Blair GK. Sirenomelia: case of a surviving mermaid. J Ped Surg. 1992:27;(10):1265–8.
15. S.K. Samal, S. Rathod .Sirenomelia: The mermaid syndrome: Report of two cases. J Nat Sci Biol and Med. 2015; 6: 264–266
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2016-02-25
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