Indian Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

A case of phocomalia in young primi gravida

  • Author:
  • Darshana Pandya1, Jayesh R Shah2, Ishita Mehta3, Mo Anish Hingra3, Manish Pandya4,
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 311 to 313

1Private Practitioner, C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Guajarat

2Associate Professor, C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Guajarat

3Resident, Scientific Research Institute at Surendranagar, Gujarat, India

44HOD, Scientific Research Institute at Surendranagar, Gujarat, India

*Corresponding Author: Email: drmanish.pandya@gmail.com

Online published on 24 September, 2018.

Abstract

Phocomelia is a type of meromelia, in which there is partial agenesis of limb buds. Tetraphocomelia is a severe combination of limb defects in which total or partial agenesis of upper and lower limbs is seen, leading to the proximity of limbs to the trunk of the fetus resembling the flipper of a seal “an aquatic animal”.1

Keywords

Tetraphocomeia, Thalidornide syndrome, phocomelia, Limbs defects, Teratogenic agents, Hydroamniosis, Genetic inheritance