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Revista Med
Print version ISSN 0121-5256On-line version ISSN 1909-7700
Abstract
GOMEZ HOYOS, Diana; SILVA, Liliana; NINO, Andrea and TORRES, Sergio. Sirenomelia dipus in Twin Pregnancy in an Adolescent Mother. Case Report and Literature Review. Rev. Med [online]. 2019, vol.27, n.2, pp.85-92. Epub Nov 26, 2022. ISSN 0121-5256. https://doi.org/10.18359/rmed.3515.
Sirenomelia, also known as siren syndrome, is a rare serious congenital malformation, generally incompatible with life, whose etiology has not yet been established. Although heterogeneous causes are suspected, specifically of vascular origin, they have not been fully elucidated. It reports an incidence of 1 per 24,000-67,000 newborns and is characterized by the fusion of the lower limbs and associated alterations in various organs and systems, among which kidney malformations are the most frequent. This article reports the case of a newborn, product of twin pregnancy, who has sirenomelia without a prenatal diagnosis at a fourth-level hospital in Bogotá, Colombia.
Keywords : Type I sirenomelia; dipus; congenital malformation.