Foetal fibular hemimelia with focal femoral deficiency following prenatal misoprostol use: A case report

摘要

Misoprostol is a well known abortifacient. It can cause teratogenicity like Mobius sequence and terminal transverse limb defects. We report a rare case of proximal focal femoral deficiency with fibular hemimelia in a woman who had attempted abortion with self-administered misoprostol and later continued the pregnancy. Though the absolute risk of congenital malformations with its use is low approximate to 1%, this should be clearly communicated to the women requesting abortion to help them make fully informed reproductive health decisions.