Saal Bulas Syndrome

Saal Bulas syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Saal Bulas syndrome, or a subtype of Saal Bulas syndrome, affects fewer than 200,000 people in the US population.

Signs and symptoms

This syndrome consists of ectrodactyly or lobster-like hands, diaphragmatic hernia and absence of the corpus callosum.

In addition to these the following problems may also be present.

• abnormal alimentary tract
• cardiac septal defect
• low hair line in front
• oligodactyly or missing fingers
• respiratory distress
• stillbirth/neonatal death

Diagnosis

Treatment

History

The syndrome was first described by American paediatricians Howard M. Saal and Dorothy I. Bulas in 1995.