Annals of Saudi Medicine (Jan 2009)

Poland-Mobius syndrome in an infant girl

  • Al-Mazrou Khalid,
  • Al-Ghonaim Yazeed,
  • Al-Fayez Abdulrhman

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 29, no. 6
pp. 482 – 484

Abstract

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Mobius syndrome is a rare condition of unclear origin, characterized by a unilateral or bilateral congenital facial weakness with impairment of ocular abduction, which is frequently associated with limb anomalies . Poland described a condition in which there was unilateral absence of pectoralis major muscle and ipsilateral syndactyly. The combination of Poland-Mobius syndrome is rare, with an estimated prevalence 1:500 000. We describe a case of Poland-Mobius syndrome in association with congenital bilateral vocal fold immobility. To our knowldge, this is the first report of such an association between Poland-Mobius syndrome and congenital bilateral vocal fold immobility.