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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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Poland syndrome a rare congenital anomaly
Aliyu Ibrahim, Abdallah Ramatu, Akhiwu Helen
Department of Paediatrics, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano/Bayero University Kano, Kano, Nigeria
Correspondence Address:
Aliyu Ibrahim
Consultant Paediatrician/Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, AMINU Kano Teaching, Kano
Nigeria
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/0971-6866.120824
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Poland syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly classically consisting of unilateral hypoplasia of the sternocostal head of the pectoralis major muscle and ipsilateral brachysyndactyly. It was first described by Alfred Poland in 1840 and may occur with different gravity. Our patient is an eight-year-old Nigerian girl with left-sided anterior chest wall defect with no detectable structural heart abnormality but presented with repeated episodes of syncopal attacks following minor trauma to the anterior chest wall. |
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