Poland anomaly with contralateral ulnar ray defect.

Superficial ulnar artery: curse or blessing in harvesting fasciocutaneous forearm flaps.

BACKGROUND Superficial ulnar artery is a well-known vascular anomaly that may cause special risks because of possible impairment of the vessel by mistake during harvesting fasciocutaneous forearm flaps. METHODS The charts of patients who had undergone forearm flap transfer were reviewed for vascular anomalies. When a superficial ulnar artery was present, a superficial ulnar artery flap was ra...

Poland anomaly with dextrocardia: a case report.

Poland anomaly was first reported in Guys Hospital report, 1841. Since then many cases have been described. Among the upper limb developmental defects, Poiand anomaly has a prevalence of 1 in 20,000. According to anotherreport 10% of all cases of upper limb syndactyly have Poland anomaly also. Poland anomaly is a sporadic developmental disorder involving the upper limb. Primary defect seems to ...

Severe generalized muscular atrophia, nerve optic atrophia, ear problem and disability with Pelger-Huet anomaly

Background: The Pelger-Huet anomaly dominantly is a rare and benign inherited defect of terminal neutrophil differentiation. Although neutrophil migration may be minimally impaired, granulocytes function is otherwise normal association abnormalities such as ocular, musculoskeletal are reported very rare. Case: An eight year-old boy with good consciousness but severe muscular atrophia and diffic...

Monomelic Ulnar Dimelia Associated with Ipsilateral Polydactyly: An Extraordinary Anomaly

Ulnar dimelia (mirror deformity) is a rare dysontogenetic deformity of the upper limb caused by an embryonic disturbance of the developing limb bud. It is characterized by two ulnae, the duplication of the ulnar halves of the carpus, metacarpals and phalanges, with the absence of the radius and thumb. It is commonly unilateral. This anomaly may be associated with shoulder dislocation, fibular d...

Contralateral Pedicled Anterolateral Thigh Flap (ATL) for Upper Thigh Defect in the Era of Free ATL?