Mermaid Syndrome: A Case Report of a Rare Congenital Anomaly in Full-Term Neonate with Thumb Deformity

• Main Authors: Nadereh Taee (Author), Fariba Tarhani (Author), Mojgan Faraji Goodarzi (Author), Mohammad Safdari (Author), Amir Bajelan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc., 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The mermaid syndrome (sirenomelia) is an extremely rare anomaly, an incidence of 1 in 100,000 births, in which a newborn born with legs joined together featuring a mermaid-like appearance (head and trunk like humans and tail like fish), and in most cases die shortly after birth. Gastrointestinal and...