Congenital Abnormalities of the Breast

Congenital abnormalities of the breast.

Congenital abnormalities of the breast and chest wall are seen frequently in breast, pediatric and plastic surgery clinics. Management involves a multidisciplinary team approach. The treatment for many of these conditions includes surgical correction. If the child is still growing, treatment timing is crucial and many of the surgical corrective procedures require more than one operation over a ...

Congenital urogenital abnormalities in children with congenital hypothyroidism

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), as one of the most common congenital endocrine disorders, may be significantly associated with congenital malformations. This study investigates urogenital abnormalities in children with primary CH (PCH). Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 200 children aged three months to 1 year, referred to Amir-Kabir Hospital, Arak, Iran. One hund...

Congenital abnormalities of the femur.

Congenital defects of the femur vary from simple hypoplasia of the bone to complete absence. Classification of these defects has been suggested by Nilsonne (1928) and by Mouchet and Ibos (1928), but neither has met with general acceptance. In more recent years Golding (1939, 1948) has demonstrated the close association of the short femur with congenital coxa vara, and has emphasized that these ...

The Aetiology of Congenital Abnormalities

GROSS abnormalities are fortunately not common. Murphy (1940) in.Philadelphia found that approximately 47 individuals possessing congenital malformations were born alive or dead per 10,000 live births. About one-quarter of these were reported as stillbirthls. His data was collected mainly from death certificates and included only the grosser defects. Malpas (1937) recorded 294 cases in 13,964 c...

Congenital Abnormalities