Open AccessPoland sequence: Series of two cases and brief review of the literature
Author(s) -
Rajiv Garg,
S Saheer,
Vaibhav Gupta,
Sumit Mehra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.94535
Subject(s) - medicine , sequence (biology) , series (stratigraphy) , anomaly (physics) , paleontology , geology , genetics , physics , condensed matter physics , biology
Poland sequence is a rare congenital anomaly involving the chest wall and arm, displaying differing degrees of severity, functional and aesthetic impairments. Here we report a series of two cases that presented to us with this anomaly. These cases illustrate, for physicians, the importance of physical diagnosis and reinforce the practice of looking for additional anomalies when one is discovered.