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Tetraphocomelia and bilateral cleft lip in a historical case of Roberts syndrome [Virchow, 1898]

✍ Scribed by Urban, Maik; Rogalla, Patrik; Tinschert, Sigrid; Krietsch, Peter

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1997
Tongue: English
Weight: 57 KB
Volume: 72
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-7299
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19971031)72:3<307::aid-ajmg11>3.0.co;2-x

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✦ Synopsis

We discuss an unlabelled specimen of tetraphocomelia and bilaterally cleft lip from the former Virchow Museum of our Medical School. Identity of the subject with a case of what was later termed "Roberts syndrome" published by Rudolf Virchow in 1898 is demonstrated. Rediscovery of this important historical case is gratifying, since almost 95% of the specimens of Virchow's collection were lost during World War II. We have restudied Virchow's case. Recent CT scan images of the fetus are presented. We review data from the literature and present new clinical details. The fate of the original clinical data after passing through three reviews is documented briefly. We also reconstruct Virchow's view on phocomelia and its consequences for later research.

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