• Pediatr. Surg. Int. · Oct 2010

    Case Reports

    Tetra-amelia with lung hypoplasia and facial clefts, Roberts-SC syndrome: report of two cases.

    • M Ragavan, Sarweswar Reddy, and Chandramohan Kumar.
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Narayana Medical College and Superspecialty Hospital, Nellore, India. dr_ragavan_2001@rediffmail.com
    • Pediatr. Surg. Int. 2010 Oct 1; 26 (10): 1049-52.

    AbstractAlthough limb anomalies are a common clinical problem, they are rarely studied. The spectrum of limb anomalies ranges from very mild disorders such as syndactyly to very severe forms such as absent limb (amelia). Tetra-amelia is a rare anomaly with complete or partial deficiency of all four limbs. It may be isolated or associated with other anomalies. Roberts-SC phocomelia syndrome comprises four limb deficiencies, lung hypoplasia, facial clefts and other anomalies. We describe two cases that presented to us.

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