Sirenomelia within a One-Year Period at Fallujah General Hospital: Two Case Reports

Samira Alaani; Michael Musanzikwa; Abdulqadir Abdulkareem Murie

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Sirenomelia within a One-Year Period at Fallujah General Hospital: Two Case Reports

Samira Alaani, Michael Musanzikwa, Abdulqadir Abdulkareem Murie

Published in Science Journal of Clinical Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 3)

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Abstract

Sirenomelia also called as Mermaid Syndrome, is a rare congenital malformation of uncertain aetiology. It is characterised by fusion of the lower limbs and commonly associated with severe urogenital and gastrointestinal malformation. It should be suspected in antenatal period in cases presenting with severe oligohydramnios and intra-uterine growth retardation. This is a report of 2 cases of Sirenomelia in Fallujah general hospital within a period of about 1 yr., with an incidence of about 10.3 / 100.000 total births which was about 2 to 3 times the registered overall incidence.

Published in	Science Journal of Clinical Medicine (Volume 2, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.sjcm.20130203.11
Page(s)	64-67
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Sirenomelia, Fallujah General Hospital

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Samira Alaani, Michael Musanzikwa, Abdulqadir Abdulkareem Murie. Sirenomelia within a One-Year Period at Fallujah General Hospital: Two Case Reports. Sci J Clin Med. 2013;2(3):64-67. doi: 10.11648/j.sjcm.20130203.11

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Samira Alaani

Fallujah general hospital ,Fallujah city ,Anbar province ,west of Iraq
Michael Musanzikwa

Lecturer at Chinhoyi University in the Department of Supply Chain Management
Abdulqadir Abdulkareem Murie

Clinical geneticist , Fallujah general hospital ,Fallujah city ,Anbar province ,west of Iraq

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Samira Alaani; Michael Musanzikwa; Abdulqadir Abdulkareem Murie. Sirenomelia within a One-Year Period at Fallujah General Hospital: Two Case Reports. Sci. J. Clin. Med. 2013, 2(3), 64-67. doi: 10.11648/j.sjcm.20130203.11

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Samira Alaani, Michael Musanzikwa, Abdulqadir Abdulkareem Murie. Sirenomelia within a One-Year Period at Fallujah General Hospital: Two Case Reports. Sci J Clin Med. 2013;2(3):64-67. doi: 10.11648/j.sjcm.20130203.11

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