DISCUSSION
Poland’s syndrome is a congenital anomaly with varying presentations. This case is an addition to the very few existing reported cases in females, since the disorder is noticed mostly in males. Our patient probably represents a sporadic case, as no member of her family had a similar abnormality—although variable expressivity and reduced penetrance is [...]
A 12-year-old, secondary-school girl presented in June 2004 with flattening of the right anterior chest wall since birth. She also noticed underdevelopment of the right breast. She had about four episodes of spontaneous minor bleeding from the ipsilateral anterior chest wall within a period of six months before presentation. She is yet to attain menarche [...]
INTRODUCTION
Poland’s syndrome is a rare anomaly characterized by unilateral absence (partial or complete) of the pectoralis muscles and ipsilateral syndactyly and microdactyly. Associated anomalies include defect of the breast and anterior chest wall. Also known as Poland’s sequence or Poland’s anomaly, this syndrome consists of many distinctive features. First described by Alfred Poland in 1841, [...]
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