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. References External links Orpha.net - A listing of Rare diseases National Institute of Health - Office for Rare Diseases Rare syndromes Corpus callosum Diseases named for discoverer