Congenital Hand Anomalies and Associated Syndromes

• Main Authors: Rayan, Ghazi M. (Author), Upton III, Joseph (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Radiology.; Orthopedics.; Plastic surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Imaging / Radiology.; Plastic Surgery.; Human Genetics.

Physicians often have only partial knowledge of common congenital hand and upper extremity anomalies and their associated syndromes. Surgeons typically find these syndromes to be abstruse, and congenital hand conditions can represent an enigma even to pediatric geneticists. This book is designed to...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Limb Development
• Classification of Congenital Hand Differences
• Epidemiology of Congenital Hand Differences. Tumors/Disseminated: Multiple enchondromas
• Multiple osteochondromas
• Multiple neurofibromas
• Vascular malformations
• Congenital joint contracture
• Congenital joint laxity/instability. Elbow: Radial head dislocation
• Elbow synostosis. Forearm/Wrist: Radial deficiency
• Ulnar deficiency
• Phocomelia (segmental deficiency)
• Amelia / hemimelia (transverse deficiency, congenital amputation)
• Mesomelis / Rhizomelia
• Madelung’s deformity
• Ulnar dimelia (mirror hand)
• Carpal synostosis. Hand: Cleft hand
• Congenital ulnar drift (Windblown hand)
• Brachymetacarpia. Thumb: Thumb hypoplasia
• Triphalangeal thumb
• Preaxial (radial) polydactyly
• Congenital clasped thumb. Digits: Clinodactyly
• Syndactyly
• Brachydactyly
• Macrodactyly
• Postaxial (ulnar) polydactyly
• Five-fingered hand
• Congenital middle finger in palm
• Symbrachydactyly
• Camptodactyly
• Arachnodactyly
• Congenital nail dysplasia. Miscellaneous: Amniotic constriction band.