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Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1990;33(2):241-245. Published online February 28, 1990.

A Case of Sirenomelia.

Hyun Kuk Kim¹, Sung Ik Cho¹, Byoung Tae Kim¹, Hak Jhoo Cha¹, Sang Jhoo Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soon Chun Hyang University, Seoul, Korea

Received: June 22, 1989;  Accepted: September 19, 1989.

Abstract

A neonate weighing 960 gm with undetermined sex was born after 32 weeks of gestation. The baby had multiple abnormalities such as fused lower extremities, abcence of the anus and external genitalia, meningomyelocele, right anortia, anomalous ribs, pulmonary hypoplasia, renal agenesis and rectal agenesis. The diagnosis was established by physical and autopsy findings. A brief review of literature was made.

Keywords :Sirenomelia