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. 1993 May;30(5):423–424. doi: 10.1136/jmg.30.5.423

Poland anomaly with contralateral ulnar ray defect.

C V Powell 1, R C Coombs 1, T J David 1
PMCID: PMC1016383  PMID: 8320708

Abstract

We report an atypical case of the Poland anomaly. Unreported features are that the hand abnormality is on the contralateral side to the chest wall defect, there is an ulnar ray predominance, and lack of syndactyly.

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