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The sirenomelia is a strange congenital malformation characterized by fused lower limbs, associated with other visceral abnormalities, which are incompatible with life in the vast majority of cases. Its etiology is not clear until now. Its prevalence is reported among 1 and 2 in 100,000 births. In this paper 4 sirenomelia cases of newborn at Valle University Hospital in Cali, Colombia between December 9, 2004 and February 2, 2005, which would correspond to a prevalence of 3.5 cases per 1000 births for the search time, are presented.

Armicson Felipe Solano, Universidad del Valle

Residente, Departamento de Ginecología y Obstetricia, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Wilmar Saldarriaga, Universidad del Valle

Profesor Auxiliar, Departamento de Morfología, Departamento de Ginecologia y Obstetricia, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Salud, Universidad del Valle.

Carolina Isaza, Universidad del Valle

Profesora Titular, Departamento de Morfología, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad del Valle.

Pierpaolo Mastroiacovo, International Centre for Birth Defects of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems

Director, International Centre for Birth Defects of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Monitoring Systems, Roma, Italia.

Eduardo E. Castilla, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Coordinador del Estudio Colaborativo Latino Americano de Malformaciones Congénitas (ECLAMC), Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, y Centro de Educación Médica e Investigaciones clínicas (CEMIC), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Solano, A. F., Saldarriaga, W., Isaza, C., Mastroiacovo, P., & Castilla, E. E. (2006). Sirenomelia’s cluster in Cali, Colombia. Report of 4 cases in Hospital Universitario del Valle in 54 days. Colombia Medica, 37(3), 213–218. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v37i3.447

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