The Frontal Phocomelia in a 3-Year-Old Girl

Abstract

Background: Phocomelia is a congenital limb deformity in which the proximal part of the upper or lower limb does not develop. Occasionally the malformed limb may be located ectopically. Case report: We present a frontal phocomelia in a three-year-old girl with right-hand phocomelia and thoracoschisis. The patient’s arm was connected directly from the front of the chest, with a rudimentary thumb and two fingers. The truncated arm was not functional. The acromioclavicular joint was abnormal and ectopic, the limb articulated with the medial side of sternum. The thoracoschisis manifested as eventration of the right liver lobe and right side of chest wall. Conclusion: Ectopic phocomelia can be associated with thoracoschisis, it can be nonfunctional, and can articulate with the sternum.

Keywords:

• Phocomelia
• surgical treatment of phocomelia
• congenital developmental defects
• pediatrics
• pathology

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