Open AccessMermaid Syndrome
Author(s) -
Md Abu Bakkar Siddique,
Sudip Saha,
Kallol K. Bose,
Sudipta Kumar Ghorai,
Kalimuddin Khan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of nepal paediatric society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.13
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 1990-7982
pISSN - 1990-7974
DOI - 10.3126/jnps.v38i2.18802
Subject(s) - medicine , gestation , external genitalia , obstetrics , anatomy , pregnancy , biology , genetics
We report a case of sirenomelia baby (Mermaid syndrome) born to a twenty three years old female at 37 weeks of gestation. Sirenomelia is characterized by fusion of the lower limbs with absent kidneys, absent external genitalia and other gastrointestinal defects. It results from the failure of normal vascular supply from the lower aorta in vitro, maternal Diabetes mellitus has been associated with caudal regression syndrome and sirenomelia.