Sirenomelia
mermaid syndrome

News

6/1/05 13 month old operated on for mermaid syndrome
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8046360/?GT1=6657 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4235033.stm    http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/06/01/mermaid050601.html  
3 mermaid cases =  http://www.ijri.org/articles/archives/2002-12-3/musculo_399.htm
Tiffany's story = http://www.shrinershq.org/patients/tiffany7-01.html
Oxygen therapy = http://www.health-news.org/breaking/203/corrected-peru-mermaid-has-oxygen-therapy-doing-great.html
There is a tale in Peru that any pregnant woman who sits by a certain cursed lake will have a mermaid offspring. 
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20030911/Oprah-default/20051026/  see video/DVD
Birth disorder web site = http://www.bdid.com/defects.htm
Potter's syndrome = http://www.potterssyndrome.org/definition.doc
Shiloh Pepin, Portland, Maine, USA died at age 10 - Boston Sunday Globe obituary 10/25/2009
Shiloh Pepin - 2007 news - http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20070802-NEWS-708020394