Occurrence of central polydactyly, syndactyly, and cleft hand in a single family: report of five hands in three cases.

Satake, Hiroshi; Ogino, Toshihiko; Takahara, Masatoshi; Kikuchi, Noriaki; Muramatsu, Ikuo; Muragaki, Yasuteru; Kano, Hiroki · J Hand Surg Am · 2009

case_series · Level IV

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Abstract

Central polydactyly, syndactyly, and cleft hand are categorized separately in the International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand classification. However, some investigators have proposed that these malformations should be classified into a single category: abnormal induction of finger rays. In this article, we report 5 hands with central polydactyly, syndactyly, and cleft hand in 3 patients from the same family and discuss the phenotypes in each hand.

Medical subject headings

Anatomy