Medicine:Saal Bulas syndrome
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Saal Bulas syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Saal Bulas syndrome, or a subtype of Saal Bulas syndrome, affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US population.
Signs and symptoms
This syndrome consists of ectrodactyly or lobster-like hands, diaphragmatic hernia and absence of the corpus callosum.[1]
In addition to these the following problems may also be present.
- abnormal alimentary tract
- cardiac septal defect
- low hair line in front
- oligodactyly or missing fingers
- respiratory distress
- stillbirth/neonatal death
Diagnosis
Treatment
History
The syndrome was first described by American paediatricians Howard M. Saal and Dorothy I. Bulas in 1995.[2]
References
- ↑ Bissonnette, Bruno (2006) (in en). Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications. McGraw Hill Professional. ISBN 9780071354554. https://books.google.com/books?id=uRR1MYa-w5wC&q=Saal+Bulas+syndrome+ectrodactyly. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ↑ Saal, HM; Bulas, DI (July 1995). "Ectrodactyly, diaphragmatic hernia, congenital heart defect, and agenesis of the corpus callosum.". Clinical Dysmorphology 4 (3): 246–50. PMID 7551162.
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