Syndactyly

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Hitherto unclassified skeletal dysplasia. Referred by pediatric surgeon.

Patient Data

Age: 1 year
Gender: Male
x-ray

Bilateral osseous fusion of  the 4th/ 5th metacarpals and the 3rd /4th middle and distal phalanges. Soft-tissue fusion of the 2nd and 3rd fingers. Adduction contractures of both hypoplastic thumbs.

Case Discussion

Bilateral syndactyly with osseous fusion of  the 4th and 5th metacarpals and the 3rd and 4th middle and distal phalanges. Soft-tissue fusion of the 2nd and 3rd fingers. Adduction contractures of both hypoplastic thumbs which were superposed on these images. 

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