title: Poland anomaly with a limb body wall disruption defect: case report and review.
abstract: We describe a female infant with apparent Poland anomaly (PA) and limb body wall defect. Analysis of the defects suggest that a disruption of the lateral embryonic plate mesoderm may have been responsible for the observed lesions. Because of the overlap of this case with PA, we re-examined previous reports of this syndrome. We think that the lesions could be equally well explained as a mesodermal disruption, and point out a previously unrecognised discrepancy between sex and affected side in sporadic PA and inherited PA which supports this view.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bamforth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fabian
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Machin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Honore
mesh_terms: D003965:Diaphragmatic Eventration / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000473:pathology; D011045:Poland Syndrome / Q000196:embryology; D012737:Sex Factors; D013909:Thorax / Q000002:abnormalities