Poland syndrome a rare congenital anomaly.

Indian J Hum Genet

Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano/Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria.

Published: July 2013

Poland syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly classically consisting of unilateral hypoplasia of the sternocostal head of the pectoralis major muscle and ipsilateral brachysyndactyly. It was first described by Alfred Poland in 1840 and may occur with different gravity. Our patient is an eight-year-old Nigerian girl with left-sided anterior chest wall defect with no detectable structural heart abnormality but presented with repeated episodes of syncopal attacks following minor trauma to the anterior chest wall.

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