Resumen

LAVAYEN ARANIBAR, Victor H.; AGUILAR CALLE, Luis A.  y  BALDIVIEZO ARRIAGA, Adriana P.. Sirenomelia in a newborn twin. A case report and review. Rev. bol. ped. [online]. 2007, vol.46, n.1, pp.29-32. ISSN 1024-0675.

Sirenomelia is an extreme rare congenital malformation; it is produced by inferior limbs fusion. We describe a newborn of 35, 3 weeks, or seven twin pregnancy, the case newborn with inferior limbs fusion and absence of genital organs; who has attended in the neonatology service of Hospital Materno Infantil Los Andes, from La Paz, Bolivia.

Palabras clave : sirenomelia; congenital malformation; caudal regression syndrome.

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