Apologies for hijacking the top comment, I do not know where else to ask this and I found no local researchers:
My son was born 3 months ago with Poland syndrome. This came as a shock but it has also drawn me to look into the scientific literature.
While the common belief was that PS has no underlying genetic cause, there are papers suggesting that the may be.
Studying - I ran across many anomalies on my own body (his father), so minor that there were never considered relevant until now (I'm 40 and lead a normal life).
It would seem that on the right side of my body I have at least:
- A mild case of Becker's Nevus
- Single palmar crease
- A somewhat smaller shoulder blade (suggesting a Sprengel diformity?)
If the above is correct, this may be an opportunity (by studying my genome and my son's genome) to establish a link or a common cause for Becker Nevus Syndrome and Poland Syndrome - both fairly rare anomalies.
Can you suggest who may be interested in studying this?
This has no value for me or my son, however the scientific endeavour may be of value for the future.
My son was born 3 months ago with Poland syndrome. This came as a shock but it has also drawn me to look into the scientific literature.
While the common belief was that PS has no underlying genetic cause, there are papers suggesting that the may be.
Studying - I ran across many anomalies on my own body (his father), so minor that there were never considered relevant until now (I'm 40 and lead a normal life).
It would seem that on the right side of my body I have at least:
If the above is correct, this may be an opportunity (by studying my genome and my son's genome) to establish a link or a common cause for Becker Nevus Syndrome and Poland Syndrome - both fairly rare anomalies.
Can you suggest who may be interested in studying this?
This has no value for me or my son, however the scientific endeavour may be of value for the future.