Open AccessAssociation of Poland Syndrome and hypertrichosis in pubertal girl - Case report
Author(s) -
Marina Krstevska-Konstantinova,
Konstandina Kuzevska-Maneva,
Hristijan Nestorov,
Даниела Георгиева
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
arhivi na javnoto zdravje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1857-7148
DOI - 10.3889/aph.2021.6003
Subject(s) - medicine , poland syndrome , hypertrichosis , girl , etiology , kyphoscoliosis , pediatrics , pregnancy , surgery , scoliosis , dermatology , psychology , developmental psychology , biology , genetics
Poland syndrome (PS) is a rare congenital malformation, most commonly characterized by absence of chest wall muscles on one side of the body. It may be accompanied with other deformities of the extremities. We present the case of a 10-year-old girl with Poland syndrome and hypertrichosis of the back of the trunk and extremities. The clinical examination did not reveal the etiology of the syndrome, such as familial predisposition or some event that led to interrupted blood flow during the early embionic growth. The pregnancy was concieved with in vitro fertilization (IVF); triplets were born and our patient is one of these three girls. The hypertrychosis appeared at 8 years of life, without evidence of previous familial occurance, medications or hormonal disbalance. Other malformations that were found were: a mild form of kyphoscoliosis and mitral valve prolapse. The child was evaluated using a multidisciplinary approach, with further follow-up planned with surgical correction of the chest wall and breast augmentation.