Acalvaria: An Extremely Rare Congenital Skull Malformation

A rare congenital malformation: caudal regression syndrome

Caudal regression is a rare syndrome which has a spectrum of congenital malformations ranging from simple anal atresia to absence of sacral, lumbar and possibly lower thoracic vertebrae. It results from a disturbance in the fetal mesoderm in early pregnancy (< 4 week of gestation). Maternal diabetes, genetic predisposition and vascular hypoperfusion have been suggested as possible causative fac...

Isolated Tracheoesophageal Fistula – a Rare Congenital Malformation

Introduction: Isolated congenital tracheoesophageal fistula is a very rare malformation with an incidence of 1 in 50.000-80.000 births. In most of the cases this anomaly is detected in the first year of life because of the suggestive symptoms, but sometimes the diagnosis is delayed even until adulthood. Aim: The purpose of this paper is to analyse clinical, imagistic and therapeutic sights of t...

Bilateral extracorporeal testicular ectopia: An extremely rare congenital anomaly

Pentalogy of Cantrell: An Extremely Rare Congenital Anomaly

A baby with the complete form of pentalogy of Cantrell was delivered at 33 weeks of gestation. The hallmark of this syndrome is ectopia cordis (EC) with omphalocele. Even though a fetal diagnosis was made at 14 weeks, parents have decided to continue with the pregnancy. Early antenatal ultrasonographic diagnosis is essential as survival depends mostly on the EC, associated cardiac anomalies and...

Pedunculated Chorangioma of Placenta - an Extremely Rare Case Report

Pedunculated chorangioma is extremely rare type of chorangioma. To the best of our knowledge, no case has been reported in Indian literature. We report one such rare case in a twenty two year old primi gravida who delivered a full term live female baby by lower section caesarian section (LSCS). Gross examination revealed a nodular mass attached to the placenta by a pedicle. Histopathological ex...

an extremely rare orbital tumor

purpose: to present a case of orbital granular cell tumor, a rare orbital tumor. case report: a 55-year-old woman presented with binocular diplopia and right ocular displacement. the problem had initiated 3 years ago. a firm nontender mass at the region of the right lower lid was visible. orbital ct-scan disclosed a well-defined mass in the inferior right orbit with involvement of the inferior ...