Femoral duplication: A case report

✍ Scribed by Bodurtha, Joann ;Coutinho, Maria ;Benator, Richard ;Nogi, Jay ;Sholley, Milton ;Nance, Walter E.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 601 KB
• Volume: 33
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0148-7299
• DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320330204

✦ Synopsis

Femoral duplication is a rare anomaly that has been described as an isolated entity and in association with other congenital defects. Since the description by Erlich in 1885, 24 additional cases have been reported. The present report concerns a 34-week black female infant with apparent bilateral femoral duplication associated with a meningocele and abdominal, genitourinary, vertebral, and lower-limb anomalies. The cause is unknown. Femoral duplication is a developmental field defect, hence causally heterogeneous.