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Polydactyly
Aka: Polydactyly
- Definition
- Congenital extra-digit
- Signs
- Extra-digit located more often on feet
- Bone palpable within extra-digit
- Digit may have voluntary movement
- Differential Diagnosis
- Supernumerary Digit (no bony attachment)
- Associated Conditions
- Carpenter's Syndrome
- Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome
- Meckel-Gruber Syndrome
- Trisomy 13
- Orofaciodigital Syndrome
- Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome
- Management
- Amputation of digit at age > 1 year
- References
- Behrman (2000) Nelson Pediatrics, Saunders, p. 2093
- Fuloria (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(2):265-70