Discussion | Poland syndrome, named after the British surgeon Alfred Poland who first described it in 1841, is an uncommon, sporadic, and very rarely inherited birth defect characterized by unilateral chest wall hypoplasia (often right-sided) and ipsilateral hand deformity (most often syn-brachydactyly and less often oligodactyly).1 Poland syndrome affects boys 2 to 3 times as often as girls, w...
