Child with congenital deformities
Object numberGC.6976
TitleChild with congenital deformities
CreatorA.K. Maxwell (Artist)
DescriptionOne of two drawings of a child, female, aged 11 months a number of congenital deformities including spinae bifidae, scoliosis, fused ribs, and congenital absence of ribs and right kidney.
There is a right congenital high scapula and a well developed dextroconcave scoliosis involving the whole spine, but with its maximum about the mid-thoracic region where three tags of skin depend over the spinous process. Two apparently separate fluctuant swellings occupy the right side of the trunk posteriorly from the posterior axillary fold to beyond the level of the right iliac crest. Anteriorly there is a deep sulcus in the right thoracic wall due to absence of one or more ribs. There was right talipes calcaneus.
The child died after excision of the spinae bifidae and on post-mortem examination the right upper ribs were discovered to be absent and the right lower ones fused into a single broad plate of bone by which the liver was deeply indented. The right kidney was absent. The right scapula, was attached to the transverse process of the 3rd cervical vertebra by a fibrous band passing from what represented the medial angle which was practically all of the supraspinous fossa which was developed.
Production periodTwentieth century, early
Object nameSketch
Object categoryAnatomical, artwork
MaterialPaper
Dimensions
- Width: 24 cm
Height: 36.5 cm