Abstract
Here we report a case of VACTERL ASSOCIATION in a twenty three years old married female patient primigravida with 3 months of amenorrhea admitted with history of fever and gastroenteritis along with congenital developmental defects such as scoliosis (V), small ventricular septal defect (C), right sided hemifacial dysmorphic features (right mandibular hypoplasia), small sized right sided kidney (R), bilateral hypoplastic thumb (L). For the diagnosis of VACTERL atleast three out of seven anomalies should be present while our patient had four anomalies.
MeSH terms
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Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
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Amenorrhea / etiology
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Anal Canal / abnormalities
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Anal Canal / pathology
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Echocardiography
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Electrocardiography
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Esophagus / abnormalities
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Esophagus / pathology
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Female
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Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
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Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology
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Humans
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Kidney / abnormalities
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Kidney / pathology
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Limb Deformities, Congenital / diagnosis*
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Limb Deformities, Congenital / pathology
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Pregnancy
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Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis*
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Pregnancy Complications / pathology
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Pregnancy Trimester, Second
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Spine / abnormalities
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Spine / pathology
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Trachea / abnormalities
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Trachea / pathology
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Treatment Outcome
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Young Adult