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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1995;38(8):1151-1154. Published online August 15, 1995.

A Case Report of Acrorenal Syndrome

Soo Hee SH Chang¹, Jo Seph JS Choi¹, Soo Chul SC Cho¹, Dae Yeol DY Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Chonju, Korea

Abstract

Acrorenal syndrome is congenital anomaly of the limbs and urinary tract of unknown etiology. Acral malformations consist of varying combinations of oligodactyly, ectrodactyly, syndactyly, brachydactyly, polydactyly, and carpal, tarsal, or metatarsal fusions of the hands and feet. Urinary tract abnormalities include unilateral renal agenesis and duplication of the collecting system. The condition is a polytopic developmental field defect(acrorenal field) and usually is sporadic. This report descirbes a case of Acrorenal syndrome of ectrodactyly, brachydactyly, and syndactyly of left hand assocaited ipsilateral renal hypoplasia.

Keywords :Acrorenal syndrome, Congenital anomaly, Limbs, Urinary tract