## Abstract Poland anomaly (PA) is a pectoral muscle hypoplasia/aplasia variably associated with ipsilateral thoracic (TA) and/or upper limb anomalies (ULA). PA is usually sporadic and sometimes familial, making recurrence risk an issue in genetic counseling. Multidisciplinary evaluation of 240 PA
Craniofrontonasal dysostosis and the Poland anomaly
โ Scribed by Cantrell, Stephen B. ;Trott, James A. ;Moore, Mark H. ;David, David J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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We report on Poland anomaly in a mother and her daughter. Further family history was negative for abnormalities of the hands or the pectoralis major muscle. A review of published cases of familial Poland anomaly is presented. Implications concerning the possible etiology of familial cases of Poland
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