A case of phocomalia in young primi gravida Pandya Darshana1, Shah Jayesh R2, Mehta Ishita3, Hingra Mo Anish3, Pandya Manish4,* 1Private Practitioner, C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Guajarat 2Associate Professor, C.U. Shah Medical College, Surendranagar, Guajarat 3Resident, Scientific Research Institute at Surendranagar, Gujarat, India 44HOD, Scientific Research Institute at Surendranagar, Gujarat, India *Corresponding Author: Email: drmanish.pandya@gmail.com
Online published on 24 September, 2018. Abstract Introduction Phocomelia is a type of meromelia, in which there is partial agenesis of limb buds. Tetraphocomelia is a severe combination of limb defects in which total or partial agenesis of upper and lower limbs is seen, leading to the proximity of limbs to the trunk of the fetus resembling the flipper of a seal “an aquatic animal”.1 Top Keywords Tetraphocomeia, Thalidornide syndrome, phocomelia, Limbs defects, Teratogenic agents, Hydroamniosis, Genetic inheritance. Top |