Poland’s syndrome means a congenital unilateral pectoralis muscle defect, often accompained by the deformity of the ipsilateral upper extrimity. Besides the pectoralis major muscle defect, the defects of deltoid, supra-and infra-supinatus, latissimus dorsi, rectus abdominis, teres major & minor etc. may occur as muscle deformity. And also breast tissue, nipple and areolar, subcutaneous fat deficiency and abnormality of costal cartilage and anterior ends of ribs may be associated. In the ipsilateral upper extrimity, various abnormlity inclding sysdactly, brachydactyly may be associated.
This paper describes an experience of Poland’s pectoralis muscle anomaly, which was corrected with latissimus muscular island flap transposition and silastic prosthesis augmentation.
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