2006-11-03-15 Femoral hypoplasia - unusual facies syndrome © Manohar www.thefetus.net/

Femoral hypoplasia - unusual facies syndrome

S. Manohar, MD, DMRD

Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India 

These are some pictures of fetus at 30 week of pregnancy. Mother had poorly controlled diabetes mellitus. We found extreme femoral deficiency. Postnatally we found micrognathia, up-slanted palpebral fissures, and long philtrum with thin upper lip. This finding referred to femoral hypoplasia - unusual facies syndrome, which is often associated with uncontrolled maternal diabetes mellitus. Here are the pictures that we obtained.

Extremely short femurs and spine of the baby

3D pictures of the baby

Postnatal findings (micrognathia, up-slanted palpebral fissures, long philtrum with thin upper lip, short limbs, clubbed feet)