AN UNUSUAL CASE OF POLYDACTYLY OF THE THUMB

Authors
BOUTROS S WEINFELD AB STRAFFORD J FRIEDMAN J
Citation
S. Boutros et al., AN UNUSUAL CASE OF POLYDACTYLY OF THE THUMB, Annals of plastic surgery, 41(4), 1998, pp. 434-435
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
Annals of plastic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
01487043
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
434 - 435
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7043(1998)41:4<434:AUCOPO>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We present an unusual case of polydactyly of the thumb. The patient, d espite having a fully developed nail bed, had a duplication at the met acarpophalangeal level consisting of a single bony phalanx. The Wassel classification of polydactyly, which is the most commonly cited class ification scheme, does not include this particular anomaly. In additio n, there has been no reference to this type of polydactyly in the lite rature.