Abstract
A female Chinese stillborn with clinical characteristics of femoral facial syndrome
is described. Apart from the typical facial features of the syndrome like short nose
with broad tip, up-slanting palpebral fissures, cleft lip and cleft palate, micrognathia,
and bilateral hypoplastic and malformed pinnae, the case had two rare findings, complete
absence of both femora, and preaxial polydactyly in the feet. The combination of these
two findings in a single patient had not been reported before. This report also reiterates
the rare association between preaxial polydactyly and the femoral facial syndrome.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: June 06, 2006
Accepted:
April 12,
2006
Received:
January 15,
2006
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© 2006 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
