Case Report

Tetra-amelia and Bilateral pulmonary hypoplasia: Case report

  • Kemal Özerkan
  • Yalçin Kimya
  • Murat Özdil
  • Tahsin Yakut
  • Ulviye Yalçinkaya

Turk J Obstet Gynecol 2006;3(5):374-376

A 27 week pregnant woman, which we demostrated tetra amelia (congenital agenezi of extremities) by clinical ultrasonography, is evaluated. The case is an antenatally demonstrated tetra amelia, additionally; bilateral pulmonary hypoplasia and micrognatia which were found during post-mortem evaluation. This case is an exteremely uncommon form of congenital extremity anomalies. Ultrasound imaging is the best procedure for this kind of extremity anomalies.

Keywords: Tetra-amelia, Pulmonary hypoplasia, Micrognatia.