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Gabriel J. Hauser, MD; Lea Langer, MD; Boas Muhlbauer, MD; Lionel W. Young, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1986;140(3):245-246.

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A 2,700-g male infant was delivered by cesarean section due to breech presentation. His Apgar score was 10. Initial examination showed an imperforate anus and a right clubhand with an absent thumb. The umbilical cord contained only two vessels. The angle of the mouth pulled to the left during crying. On the fourth day after delivery, a 3/6 systolic murmur was heard along the lower left sternal border, compatible with a ventricular septal defect. Typical roentgenograms of the vertebral column and of the right upper limb are shown in Figs 1 and 2, respectively. Contrast medium was injected transperineally through the anal dimple (Fig 3).

Denouement and Discussion

The VATER Association

The VATER association is an acronym describing the concurrence of specific congenital anomalies that occur in a greater-than-random frequency without hereditary factors.¹ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Contributed from the Departments of Neonatology (Drs Hauser and Muhlbauer) and Radiology (Dr Langer), Serlin Maternity Hospital, Tel-Aviv Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 23, 1984.

Reprint requests to Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, One Children's Place, 3705 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 (Dr L. W. Young).

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