Characteristics of patients with symbrachydactyly

The clinical and radiologic spectrum of symbrachydactyly has been extended, on the basis of experimental embryology, into four categories: typical sym brachydactyly, atypical cleft hand, monodactyly, and adactyly. The origin o f this embryologic failure is probably a vascular disruption. A series of 6 4 hands and 3 feet are reported, indicating associated anomalies and possib le etiologic features.