National Journal of Clinical Anatomy (Jan 2014)

Limb body wall complex - report of an unusual case

  • Vuba Rama Rao,
  • P Revathi,
  • Vuba Sujana Priya,
  • V Karuna,
  • Das Anirban Gupta,
  • V Swetha,
  • N Ramurthy

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/2277-4025.297366
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 39 – 41

Abstract

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Limb body wall complex is an extremely rare birth defect and a foetal polymalformative syndrome. A case of Gravida-2, Para-0, Abortion-1 with 20 weeks of pregnancy who attended the antenatal clinic in the month of may 2012, at Konaseema Institiute of Medical Sciences and Research foundation (KIMS&RF), Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh, underwent routine anomaly scan which showed a polymalformative fetus. The pregnancy was terminated. The physical examination findings of the aborted fetus were suggestive of limb body wall complex (LBWC).

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