Double vagina with sex reversal, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, pulmonary and cardiac malformations--another case of Meacham syndrome

Clin Dysmorphol. 2002 Jan;11(1):25-8. doi: 10.1097/00019605-200201000-00005.

Abstract

We report a female infant of 42 weeks gestation with a left sided diaphragmatic hernia and a hypoplastic left heart. A true double vagina, absent uterus and abnormal male gonads were found in the presence of normal external female genitalia. Conventional G band karyotyping of skin samples revealed a normal male karyotype. The aetiology and inheritance are unknown. We believe this to be the fifth reported case of a recognizable syndrome first reported by Meacham [(1991). Am J Med Genet 41:478-481].

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / classification
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology*
  • Disorders of Sex Development* / genetics
  • Disorders of Sex Development* / pathology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / genetics
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / pathology*
  • Hernia, Diaphragmatic / genetics
  • Hernia, Diaphragmatic / pathology*
  • Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Vagina / abnormalities*