Poland’s syndrome mimicking traumatic chest injury
| Autor: | Khin Maung Ohn, May Honey Ohn |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Thoracic Injuries Chest injury Case Report 030230 surgery Pectoralis Muscles 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Deformity Medicine Humans Pectoralis Muscle Aged Hand deformity S syndrome Symbrachydactyly business.industry General Medicine Emergency department Thorax medicine.disease Surgery Poland Syndrome Syndactyly medicine.symptom business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Congenital disorder |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Case Rep |
| Popis: | Poland’s syndrome (PS) is a rare developmental anomaly that can manifest mild (pectoralis muscles involvement) to severe deformities (rib hypoplasia and hand deformities). We report a case of 69-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with a traumatic chest injury after a fall. It was initially thought to have a significant chest injury as the trauma survey revealed a palpable defect and tenderness in the right anterior chest wall. There was also a symbrachydactyly deformity in the right hand. CT of the chest showed lack of right pectoralis muscles, which were consistent with PS. This case highlights the importance of gathering detail history in adult trauma patients such as congenital disorder especially in the presence of bony deformity. With possibilities of several traumatic conditions in trauma patients eliminated, one can expand the non-traumatic differential, keeping in mind the possibility of a congenital disorder that can mimic traumatic chest injury. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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