Ectrodactyly-polydactyly syndrome | |
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Other names | Ectrodactyly polydactyly |
Specialty | Medical genetics |
Symptoms | Combination of ectrodactyly and polydactyly |
Complications | Walking, grip |
Usual onset | Birth |
Duration | Life-long (ectrodactyly) but can be corrected with surgery (polydactyly) |
Prevention | None |
Frequency | very rare, only 4 cases have been reported in medical literature |
Deaths | - |
Ectrodactyly-polydactyly syndrome is a very rare congenital limb malformation syndrome of genetic origin which is characterized a combination of ectrodactyly and polydactyly[1] consisting of underdeveloped/absent central rays of the hands or feet alongside postaxial polydactyly in the same limb that can range from a hypoplastic, bone-devoid extra digit to a fully developed supernumerary digit.[2] It has been described in 4 children from a single sibship in Belgium.[3]
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