POLAND SYNDROME. A RARE ENTITY.

Abstract

Introduction: Poland syndrome is a rare congenital malformation, resulting in alterations of the thorax, breast and upper limb in varying degrees. We report the case of a patient whose diagnosis was made incidentally in adulthood.Clinical case: A 46 year old female patient consulted for anormal uterine bleeding. The medical evaluation revealed asymmetry in the thorax, breast and ipsilateral upper limb. Imaging studies were requested, which confirmed the musculoskeletal malformations, this establishing the diagnosis. Conclusion: Poland`s syndrome is among the so called rare diseases. It is considered a malformative type, with an etiopathogenesis still unknown. Although the entity does not represent any functional prognosis, the treatment is aimed at reconstructing the deformities, which have a psychological impact on the patient.