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Diagnostic value of chest computed tomography images in adult Poland syndrome: a report of two cases [PDF]

Journal of International Medical Research, 2022
Poland syndrome is a rare congenital developmental deformity characterized by unilateral agenesis or hypoplasia of thoracic wall soft tissue. We report two adult cases of Poland syndrome detected by computed tomography (CT) images.
Shaoyang Lei, Shaogao Gui, Haixu Zhang, Yanxia Wang, Ronghui Liu, Yufang Ye, Shuqian Zhang, Bing Fan   +7 more
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Cases Series of Management of Poland Syndrome With Customized Silicone Implants [PDF]

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
Background: Poland syndrome is a rare congenital condition of the chest wall characterized by unilateral absence of the pectoral muscles. This is often associated with pectus deformities, rib and cartilage malformation, and breast hypoplasia, as well as ...
Jamie Walsh, MB MCh, James O’Connor, MB, Sally Campbell, MB, Ross Walsh, MB MCh, Robert Doyle, MB, Karen C. Redmond, MD, FRCSI (CTh)   +5 more
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Consensus based recommendations for diagnosis and medical management of Poland syndrome (sequence) [PDF]

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2020
Background Poland syndrome (OMIM: 173800) is a disorder in which affected individuals are born with missing or underdeveloped muscles on one side of the body, resulting in abnormalities that can affect the chest, breast, shoulder, arm, and hand.
Ilaria Baldelli, Alessio Baccarani, Chiara Barone, Francesca Bedeschi, Sebastiano Bianca, Olga Calabrese, Marco Castori, Nunzio Catena, Massimo Corain, Sara Costanzo, Giacomo De Paoli Barbato, Santa De Stefano, Maria Teresa Divizia, Francesco Feletti, Matteo Formica, Mario Lando, Margherita Lerone, Fulvio Lorenzetti, Carlo Martinoli, Lorenzo Mellini, Maurizio Bruno Nava, Giuseppe Porcellini, Aldamaria Puliti, Maria Victoria Romanini, Franco Rondoni, Pierluigi Santi, Silvana Sartini, Filippo Senes, Lucia Spada, Luigi Tarani, Maura Valle, Cristina Venturino, Federico Zaottini, Michele Torre, Marco Crimi   +34 more
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Rare concurrent ocular myasthenia gravis and Graves’ ophthalmopathy in a man with Poland syndrome: a case report [PDF]

BMC Neurology, 2020
Background Ocular myasthenia gravis and Graves’ ophthalmopathy are autoimmune diseases that are mediated by membrane receptors and share many identical clinical processes.
Jingqun Tang, Chao Qin
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Symbrachydactyly

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2022
Symbrachydactyly is a rare congenital hand malformation in which a child is born with abnormally short digits that may be webbed, misshaped, or missing, and it is usually a unilateral condition.
Govindasamy Balakrishnan, S. Vijayaragavan, Balakrishnan Somesh   +2 more
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The Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix (Integra Single Layer) for the Correction of Malformative Chest Wall Deformities: First Case Series Reported

The Surgery Journal, 2022
Introduction Autologous tissue transfers have been used in chest wall reconstruction for decades, with high morbidity. Recently, acellular dermal matrices (ADMs) have emerged as an alternative.
Carlos Delgado-Miguel, Miriam Miguel-Ferrero, Antonio Muñoz-Serrano, Mercedes Díaz, Juan Carlos López-Gutiérrez, Carlos De la Torre   +5 more
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Bilateral Poland anomalies with horseshoe kidney: A rare association

Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2022
Poland syndrome (PS) is a rare congenital disorder characterized by ipsilateral syndactyly and unilateral hypoaplasia of the chest wall. It may also be accompanied by dextrocardia, vertebral deformities, and renal malformations such as undescended testes
Partha Chakraborty, Priti Majumder, Rahuldeb Mondal, Pankaj Halder   +3 more
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Anaesthesia in Poland syndrome [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, 1998
To describe the anaesthetic management of a child with Poland syndrome for CT scan.An eight-month-old child presented with left upper limb hypoplasia and chest wall deformity with absence of ribs on the left side for CT scan of thorax. Pulsations of the heart could be seen along with paradoxical respiration over the defect.
R, Sethuraman, S, Kannan, I, Bala, R K, Sharma   +3 more
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Poland’s syndrome

Pan African Medical Journal, 2015
Poland’s syndrome is characterized by agenesis of the pectoralis major muscle and mammary agenesis associated to the presence or not of bone or renal alterations. In rare cases, severely affected individuals have abnormalities of internal organs such as a lung or a kidney, or the heart is abnormally located in the right side of the chest (dextrocardia).
Samia Frioui, Faycel Khachnaoui
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Poland Syndrome with Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

İstanbul Medical Journal, 2020
Poland syndrome (PS) is an unusual congenital syndrome characterised the one-sided non-existence of the pectoralis major muscle, upper extremity and, rib anomaly. It is observed more frequently in men and is occasionally right-sided. Physical examination
Muhammet Yıldız, Zeynep Alkan, Belit Merve Şener, Özgür Yiğit   +3 more
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