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The combined congenital malformation of partial or complete absence of the pectoralis major muscle and webbing of the fingers, on the same side, was first described by Poland in 1841. Ten percent of patients with syndactylism have the combined anomaly. The breast and nipple may be hypoplastic or absent.
F S, Brooksaler, L, Graivier
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Consensus based recommendations for diagnosis and medical management of Poland syndrome (sequence) [PDF]
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 +34 more
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Rare concurrent ocular myasthenia gravis and Graves’ ophthalmopathy in a man with Poland syndrome: a case report [PDF]
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 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 +2 more
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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 +5 more
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Bilateral Poland anomalies with horseshoe kidney: A rare association
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 +3 more
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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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Treatment goal attainment for secondary prevention in coronary patients with or without diabetes mellitus : Polish multicenter study POLASPIRE [PDF]
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease is still a leading cause of death in Poland and across Europe. The aim of this study was to assess the attainment of the main treatment goals for secondary cardiovascular prevention in coronary patients with or ...
Czarnecka, Danuta +17 more
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Poland's syndrome is a rare congenital condition, characterized by the absence of the sternal or breastbone portion of the pectoralis major muscle, which may be associated with the absence of nearby musculoskeletal structures. We hereby report an 8-year-old boy with typical features of Poland syndrome, the first documented case from Uttar Pradesh ...
Sharma, Chandra Madhur +3 more
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Andersen-Tawil syndrome: report of 3 novel mutations and high risk of symptomatic cardiac involvement. [PDF]
IntroductionAndersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS) is a potassium channelopathy affecting cardiac and skeletal muscle. Periodic paralysis is a presenting symptom in some patients, whereas, in others, symptomatic arrhythmias or prolongation of QT in ...
Bieganowska, Katarzyna +11 more
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