About Us

POSSUM-web is a computer-based system that helps clinicians to diagnose syndromes in their patients. It contains information on more than 3000 syndromes, including multiple malformation syndromes, chromosomal eletions and duplications, skeletal dysplasias and metabolic conditions with dysmorphic features. The comprehensive mediabase with extensive clinical photos for most conditions, also includes x-rays, diagrams, and histopathology slides.

Using POSSUM-web, clinicians can search for syndromes based on a patient's traits or by syndrome name to assist them in making a diagnosis or to learn about syndromes.

Syndrome commentaries provide detailed information about clinical attributes, differential diagnoses, radiology and genetics. Our extensive trait dictionary includes a searchable atlas to assist in choosing the most appropriate trait to describe your patient.

We have direct links to OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man). You will need an active internet connection to use POSSUM-web. The database is updated continuously and the data uploaded every month. The images are updated with annual renewal of your subscription.

The POSSUM team is based at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service and The Murdoch Childrens Research Institute Melbourne.

The POSSUM team acknowledges the contribution of Professor Agnes Bankier over many years.

You can contact us at any time on possum@mcri.edu.au

• Dr Cathie Rose - Curator of the database
• Mr Stephen Dyt - Business Manager
• Mr Stanley Ho - IT support and development

What is new about POSSUM Web?

We are continuosly adding new information and new images to POSSUM-web. Since POSSUM-web became available over 250 syndromes and more than 1000 new images have been added.

We are currently reviewing the needs of our subcribers and we are developing a wider range of available subscriptions.