Unusual presentation of McKusick-Kaufman syndrome in a female Bedouin Arab baby.

Eur J Pediatr Surg

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Ha'Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel.

Published: December 2005

McKusick-Kaufman syndrome is a rare, autosomal, recessive disorder characterized by hydrometrocolpos, post-axial polydactyly, and congenital heart disease. Less than one hundred cases have been reported in the English literature to date, mainly in the Amish population; sporadic cases have also been described. We present a case of an Arab Bedouin girl who presented with features resembling this syndrome.

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